Summary:
Elementary schools in the Richland School District — a rural district in Richland Center, Wisconsin — consist of two schools serving 576 students across the full PK–6 grade span: Richland Center Primary School (grades PK–2, enrollment 301) and Richland Center Intermediate School (grades 3–6, enrollment 275). The district overall ranks 376 of 432 Wisconsin districts, placing it in the 13th percentile with a 1-star rating.
Richland Center Intermediate School is the academic standout, with its state rank rising to 513 of 1,039 schools (51st percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026, up from 29th percentile and 1 star the year before. Its 4th Grade Social Studies proficiency of 83.58% is the highest score in the data set and 18.07 percentage points above the state. It also outperformed the state in 5th Grade ELA (63.08 vs. 53.63), 3rd Grade Math (59.46 vs. 54.75), and 4th Grade Science (59.7 vs. 53.46), with its largest one-year gains in 3rd Grade Math (+28.12 points) and 5th Grade ELA (+19.53 points). Math is the weak spot: the school's math average of 49.57% trails the state's 53.26%, and 4th Grade Math is 11.08 points below the state.
Richland Center Primary School has no current Forward Exam results because state testing begins in grade 3; its older rank history shows consistently low performance. Both schools have chronic absenteeism above the state's 17.3% — 18.4% at Primary and 19.5% at Intermediate — but below the district's 23.3%. Economic disadvantage is high, with 64.45% and 66.55% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Intermediate spends $20,040 per student with an 8.6 student-teacher ratio, compared with $19,246 and 10.1 at Primary.
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