Summary:
New Richmond School District has one high school, New Richmond High, serving grades 9–12 with 1,047 students in New Richmond, Wisconsin.
Because it is the district’s only high school, New Richmond High is also the main high-school comparison point for families in the New Richmond School District. It has been a 4-star school in 2023–2024, 2024–2025, and 2025–2026. The district is ranked 85th of 432 Wisconsin districts (80th percentile, 4 stars), and the high school is ranked 90th of 533 high schools in 2025–2026 (83rd percentile, 4 stars). In 2024–2025, its graduation rate was 91.8%, essentially at the state’s 92.0%; its dropout rate was 0.2%, far below the state’s 1.1%. Chronic absenteeism was 15.4%, below the state’s 17.3% but above the district’s 13.3%. About 24.07% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending was $15,261, and the student-teacher ratio was 15.8:1.
In 2025–2026, New Richmond High exceeded the state in all four reported test subjects: Social Studies 53.25% vs. 48.25% (+5.00 points), English Language Arts 59.73% vs. 48.47% (+11.26 points), Mathematics 61.95% vs. 42.93% (+19.02 points), and Science 53.33% vs. 43.20% (+10.13 points). Mathematics is the standout: it rose from 58.85% in 2024–2025 to 61.95% in 2025–2026, a 3.10-point gain. Science improved 3.12 points, ELA was nearly unchanged (+0.06 points), and Social Studies declined 1.52 points but remained above state. Social Studies uses the Forward Exam, while ELA, Mathematics, and Science use the ACT, so cross-subject comparisons are indicative rather than strictly equivalent. Overall, this is a consistently above-state, 4-star high school with strong Mathematics and ELA results, improving Science, and a very low dropout rate.
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