River Falls School District

River Falls School District serves roughly 3,278 students across seven schools in western Wisconsin — four elementary schools (Greenwood Elementary, Rocky Branch Elementary, Westside Elementary, and River Falls Public Montessori Academy), one middle school (Meyer Middle), and two high schools (River Falls High and Renaissance Charter Academy). The River Falls School District as a whole is rated 4 stars, ranking 109 of 432 in Wisconsin at the 75th percentile, with graduation, dropout, and chronic absenteeism results better than state averages. Note that this district-level rating appears on every school profile and is not an individual school rating.

Greenwood Elementary is the clearest standout: ranked 78 of 1,039 (92nd percentile) with 5 stars, the district's only 5-star school, and test scores well above district and state levels, including 89.19% in 3rd-grade math — the highest reported figure in the district. River Falls High also performs strongly, with a 98.4% graduation rate, 0.2% dropout rate, and 4.8% chronic absenteeism, plus an 83rd percentile, 4-star rank. Meyer Middle is solid at 80th percentile with 4 stars, a 0.0% dropout rate, and math proficiency near 68–70% in grades 6 through 8.

Other schools show areas of concern. River Falls Public Montessori Academy is the lowest-rated elementary school at 48th percentile and 2 stars, with 3rd–5th grade math proficiency of 40%, 43.48%, and 46.67% — below both district and state — plus the district's highest student-teacher ratio (17.7) and lowest per-student spending ($12,118). Renaissance Charter Academy has no recent test data, and its 85.1% graduation rate, 3.4% dropout rate, and 48.8% chronic absenteeism differ sharply from River Falls High. Westside Elementary has the lowest absenteeism at 1.0% but slipped to 3 stars, and science scores fell at most schools from 2024-25 to 2025-26 except at Greenwood.