NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools WI

Best-Resourced Schools in Richland Center, WI

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7 public K-12 schools in Richland Center from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
1,419
Students
44.7/100
Avg Resource Index
10.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Richland Center has more public-school enrollment than 5% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Richland Center High enrolls 36.1% of Richland Center's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Richland Center's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Richland Center lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 12 to 512 students, a 43-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 95%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
69th percentile
Teacher staffing
97th percentile

Richland Center High accounts for 36.1% of all Richland Center public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Richland Center-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Richland Center school enrollment varies 43× across entities

Richland Center school enrollment ranges from 12 students (lowest) to 512 students (highest), a spread of 500 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Richland Center student-teacher ratio is 10.5:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Richland Center's 7 listed schools are charters

14% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Ithaca Elementary 59
2. Ithaca Middle 54
3. Ithaca High 53
4. Richland Center High 43
5. Richland Center Intermediate School 39
6. Richland Center Primary School 38
7. Richland Online Academy 27

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Richland Center

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Richland Center Primary School 39.4/100
  2. 2 Richland Center Intermediate School 31.7/100
  3. 3 Richland Center High 30.1/100
  4. 4 Ithaca High 22.6/100
  5. 5 Ithaca Middle 16.4/100

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Which Richland Center school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Ithaca Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Richland Center schools in this federal-data comparison at 59/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Richland Center, WI? ▼

Richland Center has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,419 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.