Rice Lake Middle

Summary:

Rice Lake Middle is a public middle school serving 601 students in grades 5-8 in the Rice Lake Area School District in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. The school consistently outperforms the state average in test scores, maintains a 0.0% dropout rate, and has made progress in reducing its chronic absenteeism rate in recent years.

Rice Lake Middle's strong academic performance is evident in its test scores, which exceed the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's 5th grade English Language Arts proficiency rate was 61.78%, compared to the state average of 53.75%, and its 5th grade Mathematics proficiency rate was 66.46%, compared to the state average of 54.24%. The school also ranks in the top 100 Wisconsin middle schools for the performance of Hispanic students and Special Education students.

While Rice Lake Middle has faced challenges with chronic absenteeism, reaching a high of 32.2% in 2020-2021, the school has made significant improvements, bringing the rate down to 9.1% in 2022-2023. Compared to nearby middle schools, such as Turtle Lake Middle and Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle, Rice Lake Middle generally outperforms in test scores and other key metrics. However, the school lags behind the higher-performing Cameron Middle and Birchwood Middle in some areas, particularly in supporting students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.


Detail:

Public 5-8

 204 Cameron Rd
       Rice Lake, WI  54868-1837


(715) 234-8156

District: Rice Lake Area School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
285th of 641 Wisconsin Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,147 Help


Students who attend Rice Lake Middle usually attend:

High:    Rice Lake High

Feeder schools for Rice Lake Middle:

Elementary:    Haugen Elementary
    Hilltop Elementary
    Tainter Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  11.2 Help
Number of students:  601

Racial breakdown:

White:
86.4%
Two or more races:
6.0%
Hispanic:
5.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  42.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Rice Lake Middle ranks better than 55.5% of middle schools in Wisconsin. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 57.26. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (86.4%), two or more races (6%), Hispanic (5.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 42.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Rice Lake Middle is 11.2. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Rice Lake Middle is $12,147.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Rice Lake Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Rice Lake Middle 285th of 641 Wisconsin public middle schools. (See Rice Lake Middle in the ranking list.)

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Rice Lake Area School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Rice Lake Area School District 252nd of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Rice Lake Middle

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Rank History for all students at Rice Lake Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 61.66 152nd 324 53.1%
2005 70.52 96th 332 71.1%
2006 63.30 176th 382 53.9%
2007 73.09 86th 366 76.5%
2008 60.34 238th 519 54.1%
2009 55.65 290th 521 44.3%
2010 60.38 244th 539 54.7%
2011 62.41 222nd 549 59.6%
2012 54.69 341st 559 39.0%
2013 55.33 283rd 569 50.3%
2014 57.17 280th 585 52.1%
2015 65.30 184th 612 69.9%
2016 64.49 184th 609 69.8%
2017 67.94 161st 612 73.7%
2018 64.03 185th 579 68.0%
2019 67.19 170th 594 71.4%
2021 64.17 193rd 613 68.5%
2022 65.83 177th 617 71.3%
2023 64.78 192nd 640 70.0%
2024 57.26 285th 641 55.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Rice Lake Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 45.73 71st 131 45.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Rice Lake Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.50 27th 140 80.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Rice Lake Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.09 220th 417 47.2%
2019 39.98 252nd 414 39.1%
2021 64.89 88th 437 79.9%
2022 61.98 104th 421 75.3%
2023 51.68 173rd 439 60.6%
2024 53.79 165th 425 61.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Rice Lake Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.63 158th 489 67.7%
2019 62.91 127th 487 73.9%
2021 57.38 169th 499 66.1%
2022 58.96 174th 522 66.7%
2023 57.76 182nd 525 65.3%
2024 48.44 263rd 520 49.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Rice Lake Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.93 197th 551 64.2%
2019 72.37 120th 557 78.5%
2021 65.59 166th 574 71.1%
2022 62.32 190th 576 67.0%
2023 75.99 97th 579 83.2%
2024 55.69 279th 580 51.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Rice Lake Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.80 172nd 551 68.8%
2019 61.23 201st 557 63.9%
2021 62.63 193rd 572 66.3%
2022 68.35 138th 577 76.1%
2023 60.20 218th 591 63.1%
2024 58.57 252nd 585 56.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Rice Lake Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.97 53rd 204 74.0%
2021 53.42 95th 225 57.8%
2022 54.07 85th 221 61.5%
2023 65.00 62nd 229 72.9%
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Rank History for White students at Rice Lake Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.82 182nd 375 51.5%
2019 54.56 166th 382 56.5%
2021 55.46 165th 393 58.0%
2022 56.48 153rd 397 61.5%
2023 53.46 187th 412 54.6%
2024 37.10 271st 407 33.4%
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Data source: test scores: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Rice Lake Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 529 1 2 1 3 n/a n/a 0 536
1990 554 2 2 1 1 n/a n/a 0 560
1991 579 3 2 0 4 n/a n/a 0 588
1992 586 1 4 2 10 n/a n/a 0 603
1993 613 1 9 2 8 n/a n/a 0 633
1994 684 1 11 2 6 n/a n/a 0 704
1995 696 1 8 4 25 n/a n/a 0 734
1996 696 1 8 4 25 n/a n/a 0 734
1997 628 1 7 9 30 n/a n/a 0 675
1998 639 2 10 4 15 n/a n/a 0 670
1999 660 3 6 7 6 n/a n/a 0 682
2000 627 3 5 3 2 n/a n/a 0 640
2001 581 2 5 8 3 n/a n/a 0 599
2002 534 2 5 10 6 n/a n/a 0 557
2003 534 2 5 10 6 n/a n/a 0 557
2004 559 1 6 13 6 n/a n/a 0 585
2005 519 3 5 11 2 n/a n/a 0 540
2006 517 5 3 14 2 n/a n/a 0 541
2007 507 5 4 11 1 n/a n/a 0 528
2008 526 2 5 13 2 n/a n/a 0 548
2009 514 0 4 14 2 n/a n/a 0 534
2010 482 2 5 15 3 n/a n/a 0 507
2011 517 2 3 22 6 0 14 0 564
2012 579 6 6 25 2 0 23 0 641
2013 542 5 9 32 1 0 33 0 622
2014 546 2 10 32 0 0 32 0 622
2015 527 2 12 34 5 0 28 0 608
2016 529 1 10 31 5 0 23 0 599
2017 591 1 11 28 6 1 24 0 662
2018 585 1 9 24 6 1 17 0 643
2019 597 1 6 26 4 1 22 0 657
2020 571 4 6 41 3 0 20 0 645
2021 546 3 5 43 9 0 27 0 633
2022 504 2 4 50 3 0 32 0 595
2023 519 2 5 34 5 0 36 0 601

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Rice Lake Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 536 34.0 15.7 17.7
1990 560 33.0 16.9 18.2
1991 588 32.0 18.3 15.3
1992 603 33.0 18.2 20.1
1993 633 34.3 18.5 19.3
1994 704 40.7 17.3 19
1995 734 44.3 16.6 17.8
1996 734 44.3 16.6 17.8
1997 675 45.0 15.0 16.6
1998 670 43.3 15.5 16.7
1999 682 45.6 15.0 24.5
2000 640 44.0 14.5 21.9
2001 599 41.6 14.4 21.4
2002 557 36.0 15.5 26.2
2003 557 36.0 15.5 26.2
2004 585 39.5 14.8 28.5
2005 540 39.5 13.7 n/a
2006 541 39.2 13.8 n/a
2007 528 37.6 14.0 29
2008 548 37.9 14.5 27.9
2009 534 38.2 14.0 36.7
2010 507 39.1 12.9 42
2011 564 39.0 14.4 42.9
2012 641 39.9 16.0 47.1
2013 622 44.8 13.8 42.9
2014 622 46.0 13.5 47.6
2015 608 n/a n/a 43.1
2016 599 46.0 13.0 44.4
2017 662 49.5 13.3 43.4
2018 643 50.6 12.6 38.1
2019 657 49.4 13.2 42.5
2020 645 52.0 12.4 43.3
2021 633 53.4 11.8 46.9
2022 595 52.4 11.3 39.3
2023 601 53.4 11.2 42.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Rice Lake Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 536 34.0 15.7 17.7
1990 560 33.0 16.9 18.2
1991 588 32.0 18.3 15.3
1992 603 33.0 18.2 20.1
1993 633 34.3 18.5 19.3
1994 704 40.7 17.3 19
1995 734 44.3 16.6 17.8
1996 734 44.3 16.6 17.8
1997 675 45.0 15.0 16.6
1998 670 43.3 15.5 16.7
1999 682 45.6 15.0 24.5
2000 640 44.0 14.5 21.9
2001 599 41.6 14.4 21.4
2002 557 36.0 15.5 26.2
2003 557 36.0 15.5 26.2
2004 585 39.5 14.8 28.5
2005 540 39.5 13.7 n/a
2006 541 39.2 13.8 n/a
2007 528 37.6 14.0 29
2008 548 37.9 14.5 27.9
2009 534 38.2 14.0 36.7
2010 507 39.1 12.9 42
2011 564 39.0 14.4 42.9
2012 641 39.9 16.0 47.1
2013 622 44.8 13.8 42.9
2014 622 46.0 13.5 47.6
2015 608 n/a n/a 43.1
2016 599 46.0 13.0 44.4
2017 662 49.5 13.3 43.4
2018 643 50.6 12.6 38.1
2019 657 49.4 13.2 42.5
2020 645 52.0 12.4 43.3
2021 633 53.4 11.8 46.9
2022 595 52.4 11.3 39.3
2023 601 53.4 11.2 42.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Rice Lake Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $197 (1.8%) $10,851 (98.2%) $11,047
2020 $153 (1.3%) $11,334 (98.7%) $11,488
2021 $514 (4.2%) $11,633 (95.8%) $12,147

Data source: Wisconsin Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Rice Lake Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 170th of 594 Middle schoolsRanks 192nd of 640 Middle schools
 1.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
5th Grade English Language Arts (Rice Lake Middle)45.133.1
 11.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Rice Lake Area School District)45.133.1
 11.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)40.939.2
 1.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Rice Lake Middle)59.246.9
 12.3%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Rice Lake Area School District)59.246.9
 12.3%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)47.848.4
 0.5%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Rice Lake Middle)50.952.2
 1.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Rice Lake Area School District)50.952.2
 1.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)41.740.6
 1.1%
6th Grade Mathematics (Rice Lake Middle)5751.5
 5.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Rice Lake Area School District)5751.5
 5.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)43.542.6
 0.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Rice Lake Middle)47.753.4
 5.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Rice Lake Area School District)47.753.4
 5.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)45.541.1
 4.4%
7th Grade Mathematics (Rice Lake Middle)44.845.9
 1.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Rice Lake Area School District)44.845.9
 1.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)39.735.7
 4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Rice Lake Middle)45.541.1
 4.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Rice Lake Area School District)45.541.1
 4.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)37.337.8
 0.5%
8th Grade Mathematics (Rice Lake Middle)45.230.8
 14.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Rice Lake Area School District)45.230.8
 14.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)36.531.8
 4.7%
8th Grade Social Studies (Rice Lake Middle)54.856.9
 2.1%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Rice Lake Area School District)54.856.9
 2.1%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)52.159.2
 7.1%
8th Grade Science (Rice Lake Middle)65.156.2
 8.9%
   8th Grade Science (Rice Lake Area School District)65.156.2
 8.9%
   8th Grade Science (Wisconsin)54.649.4
 5.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students657601
 8.5%
African American12
 100%
American Indian45
 25%
Asian65
 16.7%
Hispanic2634
 30.8%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White597519
 13.1%
Two or More Races2236
 63.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients42.5%42.6%
 0.1%


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Rice Lake Middle ranks 285th of 641 Wisconsin middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 601 students attended Rice Lake Middle.

Students at Rice Lake Middle are 86% White, 6% Two or more races, 6% Hispanic.

Students who attend Rice Lake Middle usually go on to attend Rice Lake High


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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