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Rio, Wisconsin - 2 schools
An equity score of 71/100 ranks Rio Community School District #75 of 403 districts in Wisconsin (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,093 per pupil, Rio Community School District ranks #96 of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending (Wisconsin districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
360
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$16,093
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rio Community School District operates 2 public schools serving 360 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Wisconsin. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Columbia County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,093 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending. See how Wisconsin compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 48.1% local, 42.1% state, and 9.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 71/100, ranked #75 of 403 in Wisconsin against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 474.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 48.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.7% White, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Rio Middle/High, enrolling 183 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Rio Middle/High accounts for 50.8% of all Rio Community School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Rio Community School District a distant remainder — means Rio Community School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Rio Community School District student-counselor ratio is 475:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Rio Community School District chronic absenteeism rate is 48.0% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Rio Community School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Rio Community School District?
Rio Community School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 360 students.
How much does Rio Community School District spend per student?
Rio Community School District spends $16,093 per student. The district has an equity score of 71/100, ranking #75 in Wisconsin.
What is the demographic composition of Rio Community School District?
Rio Community School District students are 92.7% White, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Rio Community School District?
Rio Community School District has an equity score of 71/100, ranking #75 out of 403 districts in Wisconsin.