Summary:
Muscoda, Wisconsin is home to a single middle school: Riverdale Junior High, which serves grades 7–8 with 88 students as part of the Riverdale School District. With roughly 40–45 students per grade, it is a very small school, where one student changing proficiency status can shift a grade-level rate by about 2.3 points. Context figures show 53.41% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, per-student spending of $15,954, and a student-teacher ratio of 16.3.
Science is the school’s steadiest strength: Science 8 scored 56.1% in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, above the state’s 50.04% and 51.86%. Seventh-grade ELA also stayed ahead of the state both years (58.54% vs. 53.59%, then 55.81% vs. 55.33%), and Math 8 was a standout in 2024–2025 at 65.85% — nearly 12.8 points above the state. Attendance and dropout indicators are positive too: a 0.0% dropout rate versus 1.1% statewide, and 15.0% chronic absenteeism versus 17.3% state and 21.3% district.
Watch areas include 8th-grade ELA, which trailed the state in both years (43.90% vs. 53.97%, then 51.22% vs. 54.38%), and social studies, which slipped from slightly above the state in 2024–2025 (63.41% vs. 62.51%) to about 6.1 points below in 2025–2026 (58.54% vs. 64.63%). Math 8 also swung from 12.79 points above state to 2.45 points below, though these are different cohorts. In 2025–2026 the school still outperformed its district in all four 8th-grade subjects by roughly 3.5 to 4.0 points. Ranked between the 41st and 55th percentile of Wisconsin middle schools across three years, Riverdale Junior High is a mid-pack school with clear subject-level strengths and a few areas to watch.
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