Summary:
The Holy Hill Area School District in Wisconsin is a small, high-performing district with just two schools — Friess Lake Elementary (PK–4, 279 students) and Richfield Middle (5–8, 206 students) — serving 485 students across the PK–8 grade span, with no high school included in this data.
As a district, Holy Hill Area School District ranks 43rd of 432 Wisconsin districts, placing it in the 90th percentile with 5 stars. Richfield Middle is the most consistent standout: a 5-star school for three straight years, currently ranked 49 of 643 (92nd percentile), keeping it in the top 8% of state middle schools. In 2025–2026 it scored above the state average in all 10 listed tests, with especially strong 8th grade results — math 86.67% vs. 53.67%, social studies 86.67% vs. 64.63%, science 80.00% vs. 51.86%, and ELA 73.33% vs. 54.38%. Its dropout rate is 0.0%, compared with the state's 1.1%. Its 5th grade ELA also rebounded from 43.40% (below state) to 76.47%, roughly 23 points above state.
Friess Lake Elementary is currently 4 stars (81st percentile) but posts exceptional 4th grade results: math 88.24% vs. 52.87%, social studies 86.27% vs. 65.51%, science 78.43% vs. 53.46%, and ELA 76.47% vs. 53.87%. Its 3rd grade ELA (50.88% vs. 52.08%) is the only current-year test below state. Chronic absenteeism is a major strength — 5.0% at Friess Lake and 9.8% at Richfield, against the state's 17.3% — and the district average of 7.2% is less than half the state rate. Richfield spends $17,680 per student versus $15,172 at Friess Lake, with student–teacher ratios of 10.0 and 10.8. Across 32 listed test results, 30 were above the state average.
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