Schools in Fall River, WI

Fall River, Wisconsin is a small community served by two public schools within the Fall River School District: Fall River Elementary, which covers pre-kindergarten through 5th grade with 231 students, and Fall River High, which serves grades 6 through 12 with 253 students. Total enrollment across the two schools is 484. Because there is no separate middle school, the high school also carries the middle grades. The district overall ranks 119th of 432 in Wisconsin, placing it at the 72nd percentile with 4 stars.

Fall River Elementary is the clear standout. It ranks 134th of 1,039 elementary schools statewide — the 87th percentile — with 4 stars, and its rank has improved steadily from 320th to 177th to 134th. Its chronic absenteeism rate is just 1.5%, far below the district's 5.3% and the state's 17.3%. In both years of test data, the elementary school scored above the state in every listed subject and grade. Across the eight listed 2025–2026 elementary tests, average proficiency is about 72.9%, compared with roughly 54.7% statewide. Notably, it achieves this with a slightly higher free/reduced lunch rate and $877 less per-student spending than the high school.

Fall River High offers a mixed but still above-state picture. Its 98% graduation rate and 0% dropout rate are strong, and all three of its 10th-grade ACT results beat the state. However, 7th-grade math (44.83%), 8th-grade math (40%), and 10th-grade social studies (39.47%) all fall below state averages. The school's ranking has also swung widely — from 216th to 32nd, then to 168th of 533 in 2025–2026, where it holds 3 stars and the 68th percentile. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 8.2% is higher than the elementary school's but still less than half the state's.