Summary:
Ridgeland, Wisconsin has just one public school: Ridgeland-Dallas Elementary, an elementary serving grades PK–4 with 68 students in the Barron Area School District. With no middle, high, or alternative schools in the city, families here move on to other buildings after 4th grade. Because enrollment is small, a one- or two-student change can shift a proficiency rate by several percentage points, so year-to-year swings should be read with caution.
The school's clearest strength is attendance. Chronic absenteeism was 10.9% in 2024–2025 — the same as the district and 6.4 percentage points below Wisconsin's 17.3%. Families also see a small, well-resourced setting: a 9.5 student-teacher ratio and $17,499 in per-student spending in 2024–2025. Just over half of students (54.41%) were eligible for free or reduced lunch that year, useful context for interpreting the academic numbers below.
Academics are the main concern. In 2024–2025 the school sat near the district in most subjects and was slightly ahead in 3rd grade English language arts (33.33% vs. 30.65%), 3rd grade math (33.33% vs. 32.26%), and 4th grade science (45.45% vs. 42.86%), though it trailed the state everywhere. In 2025–2026 it fell below both the district and the state in every reported subject, including 4th grade mathematics (0% vs. district 41.94% and state 52.87%), 4th grade science (14.29%), 3rd grade ELA (18.18%), and 3rd grade math (27.27%). The school's rank has dropped three straight years, from 40th percentile and 2 stars in 2023–2024 to 20th percentile and 1 star in 2024–2025 to 8th percentile and 0 stars in 2025–2026. The district itself ranks near the bottom statewide (392 of 432, 9th percentile, 0 stars), so the challenges are not isolated to this building alone.
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