Best Public Schools in Ridgeland, WI

Summary:

The city of Ridgeland, Wisconsin has only one school, Ridgeland-Dallas Elementary, which serves grades PK-4 and has an enrollment of 75 students. This public elementary school is part of the Barron Area School District.

Ridgeland-Dallas Elementary has seen a steady decline in its statewide ranking over the past three school years, dropping from 526 out of 1,067 Wisconsin elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 835 out of 1,044 in 2024-2025. The school's proficiency rates on the Forward Exam are significantly below the district and state averages across multiple subjects and grade levels, indicating academic struggles for its students. With a 62.67% free/reduced lunch rate, Ridgeland-Dallas Elementary serves a high-poverty student population, which may contribute to its performance challenges.

At just 75 students, Ridgeland-Dallas Elementary is a very small school, and its limited resources and size may be factors in its declining performance. Overall, the data suggests Ridgeland-Dallas Elementary is a struggling school that is performing well below state and district averages on key metrics like test scores, statewide ranking, and poverty indicators, warranting further investigation and potential intervention.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Forward Exam English Language Arts (2025)		Forward Exam Mathematics (2025)		Forward Exam Social Studies (2025)	Forward Exam Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Forward Exam English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 4th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 3rd Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 4th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 4th Grade	Forward Exam Science 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ridgeland-Dallas Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	315 Main St	Ridgeland	54763	Dunn County	Barron Area School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 949-1445	68	7	9.5	54.4%	57 (83.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (7.4%)	25.7	835^th of 1044 public elementary schools	20.0%		49.3	632^nd of 1061 public elementary schools	40.4%	203	33.3	27.3	33.3	36.4	54.6	45.5	$15,397	$747	$14,650

Cities Near Ridgeland

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Prairie Farm	3.85 mi	3	175^th
Barron	12.77 mi	3	443^rd
Boyceville	13.03 mi	3	192^nd
Chetek	13.67 mi	4	238^th
Clayton	15.05 mi	3	293^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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