Richland Center High

Summary:

Richland Center High is a public high school located in Richland Center, Wisconsin, serving grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 563 students. The school is part of the Richland School District, which is ranked 300 out of 428 districts in Wisconsin and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Richland Center High has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking, ranging from 142nd out of 431 high schools in 2023-2024 to as low as 394th out of 466 in 2014-2015. The school's performance on standardized tests, such as the Forward Exam and ACT, is generally below the state averages, with only a few subject areas where Richland Center High outperforms the state. Compared to nearby schools like La Farge High and Kickapoo High, Richland Center High's test scores are generally higher, but lower than Riverdale High and Ithaca High.

Richland Center High has seen a steady improvement in its four-year graduation rate, from 84.6% in 2018-2019 to 91.1% in 2022-2023, and a decrease in its dropout rate, from 2.5% in 2018-2019 to 0.8% in 2022-2023. However, the school has a relatively high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 51.87% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, which is higher than the percentages at nearby schools. Additionally, Richland Center High has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 17.9% in 2018-2019 to 23.0% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the rates at nearby schools.


Detail:

Public 7-12

 1996 US Hwy 14 W
       Richland Center, WI  53581-1352


(608) 647-6131

District: Richland School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
142nd of 431 Wisconsin High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,286 Help


Feeder schools for Richland Center High:

Elementary:    Richland Center Intermediate School
    Richland Center Primary School

Student/teacher ratio:  12.7 Help
Number of students:  530

Racial breakdown:

White:
82.6%
Hispanic:
11.5%
Two or more races:
3.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  54.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Richland Center High ranks worse than 72.7% of middle schools in Wisconsin. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 34.27. (See more...)
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Compare Details Richland Center High ranks better than 67.1% of high schools in Wisconsin. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 63.48. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Richland Center High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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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 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 (82.6%), Hispanic (11.5%), two or more races (3.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 54.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Richland Center High is 12.7. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Richland Center High is $12,286.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Richland Center High:

SchoolDigger ranks Richland Center High 466th of 641 Wisconsin public middle schools. (See Richland Center High in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Richland Center High 142nd of 431 Wisconsin public high schools. (See Richland Center High in the ranking list.)

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Richland School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Richland School District 300th of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Richland Center High

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Rank History for all middle school students at Richland Center High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 28.61 479th 617 22.4%
2023 17.24 551st 640 13.9%
2024 34.27 466th 641 27.3%
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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Richland Center High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 49.81 64th 173 63.0%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Richland Center High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 30.77 309th 421 26.6%
2023 23.09 378th 439 13.9%
2024 32.76 299th 425 29.6%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Richland Center High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 34.93 365th 522 30.1%
2023 19.50 455th 525 13.3%
2024 29.07 404th 520 22.3%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Richland Center High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 26.57 457th 576 20.7%
2023 21.26 475th 579 18.0%
2024 38.31 398th 580 31.4%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Richland Center High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 36.02 393rd 577 31.9%
2023 15.41 519th 591 12.2%
2024 31.26 444th 585 24.1%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Richland Center High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 16.56 355th 397 10.6%
2023 6.34 405th 412 1.7%
2024 18.45 351st 407 13.8%
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Data source: test scores: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Richland Center High

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Rank History for all high school students at Richland Center High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 64.97 109th 275 60.4%
2006 55.41 190th 292 34.9%
2007 53.38 198th 281 29.5%
2008 48.44 310th 437 29.1%
2009 59.71 212th 438 51.6%
2010 57.70 253rd 450 43.8%
2011 44.66 349th 445 21.6%
2012 51.38 299th 452 33.8%
2013 42.65 334th 457 26.9%
2014 65.16 149th 462 67.7%
2015 33.18 394th 466 15.5%
2016 31.99 305th 408 25.2%
2017 36.00 271st 410 33.9%
2018 61.34 135th 410 67.1%
2019 46.06 219th 400 45.3%
2021 68.26 101st 390 74.1%
2022 30.76 293rd 391 25.1%
2023 23.73 346th 415 16.6%
2024 63.48 142nd 431 67.1%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Richland Center High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.24 61st 255 76.1%
2019 55.07 95th 251 62.2%
2021 64.84 55th 226 75.7%
2022 36.81 172nd 250 31.2%
2024 60.41 107th 326 67.2%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Richland Center High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.86 222nd 355 37.5%
2019 37.05 225th 343 34.4%
2021 75.98 63rd 332 81.0%
2022 38.27 215th 343 37.3%
2023 35.23 236th 329 28.3%
2024 60.96 134th 353 62.0%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Richland Center High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.89 74th 373 80.2%
2019 49.50 167th 354 52.8%
2021 48.80 165th 334 50.6%
2022 17.31 316th 347 8.9%
2023 13.09 333rd 359 7.2%
2024 60.74 129th 365 64.7%
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Rank History for high school White students at Richland Center High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.98 99th 261 62.1%
2019 38.26 161st 266 39.5%
2021 62.92 77th 266 71.1%
2022 27.01 213th 269 20.8%
2023 21.09 227th 271 16.2%
2024 63.53 94th 300 68.7%
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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Richland Center High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 497 1 1 2 1 n/a n/a 0 502
1990 508 0 2 4 1 n/a n/a 0 515
1991 502 0 1 3 1 n/a n/a 0 507
1992 501 0 2 2 1 n/a n/a 0 506
1993 552 0 1 2 2 n/a n/a 0 557
1994 570 0 1 0 3 n/a n/a 0 574
1995 616 3 1 1 1 n/a n/a 0 622
1996 616 3 1 1 1 n/a n/a 0 622
1997 548 0 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 550
1998 617 5 2 3 0 n/a n/a 0 627
1999 613 6 2 2 0 n/a n/a 0 623
2000 624 5 2 3 0 n/a n/a 0 634
2001 550 4 3 3 0 n/a n/a 0 560
2002 533 3 6 1 0 n/a n/a 0 543
2003 533 3 6 1 0 n/a n/a 0 543
2004 547 2 4 3 0 n/a n/a 0 556
2005 523 4 4 6 1 n/a n/a 0 538
2006 511 5 6 11 3 n/a n/a 0 536
2007 504 4 1 13 2 n/a n/a 0 524
2008 500 3 2 11 1 n/a n/a 0 517
2009 466 5 6 10 1 n/a n/a 0 488
2010 441 3 4 13 2 n/a n/a 0 463
2011 434 2 2 10 2 2 2 0 454
2012 398 4 2 5 3 2 6 0 420
2013 384 0 0 12 1 1 9 0 407
2014 385 3 2 16 0 0 4 0 410
2015 375 1 2 10 0 0 6 0 394
2016 361 3 3 14 1 0 4 0 386
2017 359 3 3 23 0 0 3 0 391
2018 340 6 3 24 0 0 5 0 378
2019 374 6 4 30 1 0 3 0 418
2020 368 9 3 26 1 0 4 0 411
2021 345 11 2 26 2 0 9 0 395
2022 520 15 6 51 2 2 15 0 611
2023 481 10 4 51 0 0 17 0 563
2024 438 11 1 61 0 0 19 0 530

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 Richland Center High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 502 34.6 14.5 10.6
1990 515 39.6 13.0 9.3
1991 507 40.4 12.5 17.4
1992 506 44.4 11.3 16.4
1993 557 40.7 13.7 17.1
1994 574 40.7 14.1 16.6
1995 622 41.9 14.8 16.2
1996 622 41.9 14.8 16.2
1997 550 43.2 12.7 16.9
1998 627 38.8 16.2 15
1999 623 39.3 15.9 21.2
2000 634 42.2 15.0 21.9
2001 560 38.6 14.5 26.6
2002 543 37.2 14.6 18.2
2003 543 37.2 14.6 18.2
2004 556 36.4 15.3 20.7
2005 538 36.6 14.7 n/a
2006 536 36.5 14.7 n/a
2007 524 35.4 14.8 21.8
2008 517 34.1 15.2 28.4
2009 488 33.6 14.5 32.4
2010 463 32.2 14.3 38.4
2011 454 28.7 15.7 42.7
2012 420 28.1 14.8 48.3
2013 407 27.6 14.7 45.9
2014 410 27.3 14.9 46.8
2015 394 n/a n/a 47.2
2016 386 27.0 14.2 48.4
2017 391 26.6 14.6 45.5
2018 378 26.3 14.3 45.2
2019 418 26.2 15.9 42.8
2020 411 25.7 15.9 41.6
2021 395 25.8 15.2 44.8
2022 611 44.3 13.7 46.3
2023 563 42.6 13.2 51.9
2024 530 41.6 12.7 54.2

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 Richland Center High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 502 34.6 14.5 10.6
1990 515 39.6 13.0 9.3
1991 507 40.4 12.5 17.4
1992 506 44.4 11.3 16.4
1993 557 40.7 13.7 17.1
1994 574 40.7 14.1 16.6
1995 622 41.9 14.8 16.2
1996 622 41.9 14.8 16.2
1997 550 43.2 12.7 16.9
1998 627 38.8 16.2 15
1999 623 39.3 15.9 21.2
2000 634 42.2 15.0 21.9
2001 560 38.6 14.5 26.6
2002 543 37.2 14.6 18.2
2003 543 37.2 14.6 18.2
2004 556 36.4 15.3 20.7
2005 538 36.6 14.7 n/a
2006 536 36.5 14.7 n/a
2007 524 35.4 14.8 21.8
2008 517 34.1 15.2 28.4
2009 488 33.6 14.5 32.4
2010 463 32.2 14.3 38.4
2011 454 28.7 15.7 42.7
2012 420 28.1 14.8 48.3
2013 407 27.6 14.7 45.9
2014 410 27.3 14.9 46.8
2015 394 n/a n/a 47.2
2016 386 27.0 14.2 48.4
2017 391 26.6 14.6 45.5
2018 378 26.3 14.3 45.2
2019 418 26.2 15.9 42.8
2020 411 25.7 15.9 41.6
2021 395 25.8 15.2 44.8
2022 611 44.3 13.7 46.3
2023 563 42.6 13.2 51.9
2024 530 41.6 12.7 54.2

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 Richland Center High

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $211 (1.9%) $10,620 (98.1%) $10,830
2020 $258 (2.4%) $10,634 (97.6%) $10,892
2021 $602 (4.9%) $11,682 (95.1%) $12,286

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Richland Center High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 219th of 400 High schoolsRanks 346th of 415 High schools
 28.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
10th Grade Social Studies (Richland Center High)41.946.3
 4.5%
   10th Grade Social Studies (Richland School District)43.445.9
 2.5%
   10th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)45.947.2
 1.3%
10th Grade English Language Arts (Richland Center High)3139.8
 8.7%
   10th Grade English Language Arts (Richland School District)31.339.3
 8.1%
   10th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)38.838.6
 0.2%
10th Grade Mathematics (Richland Center High)41.412.5
 28.9%
   10th Grade Mathematics (Richland School District)38.511.8
 26.7%
   10th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)30.829.4
 1.3%
10th Grade Science (Richland Center High)3120.5
 10.6%
   10th Grade Science (Richland School District)30.220.4
 9.8%
   10th Grade Science (Wisconsin)32.731.7
 1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students418563
 34.7%
African American610
 66.7%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian44
Hispanic3051
 70%
Pacific Islander00
White374481
 28.6%
Two or More Races317
 466.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients42.8%51.9%
 9%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Richland Center High

Richland Center High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Richland Center Intermediate School
Elementary : Richland Center Primary School

In the 2023-24 school year, 530 students attended Richland Center High.

Students at Richland Center High are 83% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% African American.

Richland Center High ranks 142nd of 431 Wisconsin high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.


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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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