Summary:
The Fall River School District in Wisconsin is a small district serving about 484 students in just two schools. Fall River Elementary covers pre-kindergarten through grade 5 with 231 students, while Fall River High serves grades 6 through 12 with 253 students. There is no separate middle school, so grades 6–8 are part of the high school. Overall, the district ranks 119th of 432 in Wisconsin, placing it at the 72nd percentile with a 4-star rating.
Fall River Elementary is the district's strongest performer. It sits in the 87th percentile of elementary schools with 4 stars, and its rank has climbed steadily — from the 70th to the 83rd to the 87th percentile over three years. Every listed Forward Exam result in both years is above the state average, with margins ranging from about +11 to +30 percentage points. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 1.5% is especially striking, far below the district's 5.3% and the state's 17.3%.
Fall River High has excellent completion results: a 98.0% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate, versus the state's 92.0% and 1.1%. Its 2025–26 ACT scores beat the state in ELA, mathematics, and science. Its Forward Exam results are more uneven, with middle-grade mathematics and social studies below state, and its rank has swung widely — 50th percentile, then 93rd, then 68th. Spending is $17,460 per student at the high school versus $16,583 at the elementary school, and free/reduced lunch rates are similar at roughly 28% district-wide.
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