Summary:
Riverdale Junior High is the only middle school in the Riverdale School District, serving grades 7–8 to 88 students in Muscoda, Wisconsin. With roughly the low-40s students per grade, it is a small school, and that size matters when reading its results: a handful of students can shift a proficiency rate by many points from one year to the next. The student-teacher ratio is 16.3, per-student spending is $15,954, and 53.41% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Academically, the picture is mixed but generally close to average. Science is the most consistent strength: eighth-grade science proficiency was 56.1% in both years, above the state by 6.06 points in 2024–2025 and 4.24 points in 2025–2026. Eighth-grade math spiked to 65.85% in 2024–2025, 12.79 points above the state, then dropped to 51.22%, 2.45 points below. Eighth-grade ELA improved from 43.9% to 51.22% but still trailed the state by 3.16 points, and social studies slipped from 0.90 points above the state to 6.09 points below. Seventh-grade ELA and math in 2025–2026 were essentially at state levels. The school's rank history (41st, 55th, and 49th percentile over three years, and 214th of 432 districts at the 50th percentile, 3 stars) likewise suggests performance hovering around the middle.
Attendance and completion are clear positives: chronic absenteeism was 15.0%, lower than both the district's 21.3% and the state's 17.3%, and the dropout rate was 0.0% versus the state's 1.1%. Parents should expect a small, average-ranking school with strong science, good attendance, and less predictable results in eighth-grade ELA, math, and social studies.
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