Summary:
River Falls, Wisconsin is served by seven schools in the River Falls School District, covering elementary through high school grades for about 3,278 students. The district includes four elementary schools — Rocky Branch Elementary, Greenwood Elementary, Westside Elementary, and River Falls Public Montessori Academy — along with one middle school, Meyer Middle, and two high schools, River Falls High and Renaissance Charter Academy. The district ranks 109 out of 432 in Wisconsin, placing it in the 75th percentile with 4 stars.
Greenwood Elementary is the academic standout, holding the only current 5-star rating, a 92nd percentile rank, and an average proficiency of 76.96% across its listed 2025-2026 tests — well above the district elementary average of 65.58% and the state's 54.75%. Its 3rd grade math result of 89.19% proficient is especially strong. River Falls High, the largest school with 1,062 students, posts a 98.4% graduation rate and a 0.2% dropout rate, both better than district and state figures, with above-state scores in every listed subject. Meyer Middle serves 725 students and performs well in math and 8th grade social studies (77.1% versus the state's 64.63%), though its rank slipped from 5 stars to 4 stars.
Other schools show more mixed profiles. Westside Elementary has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the list at 1.0%, yet its test average of 62.50% sits below the district elementary average and its rank fell to 3 stars. River Falls Public Montessori Academy shows a math gap across grades 3–5 and the highest student-teacher ratio at 17.7. Renaissance Charter Academy, with just 49 students, has by far the highest chronic absenteeism at 48.8%, an 85.1% graduation rate, and the highest per-student spending at $17,807, with no current test scores available.
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