Summary:
The River Valley School District contains just one high school: River Valley Junior High / High School, located in Spring Green, Wisconsin. It serves grades 7 through 12 with 364 students, and because it combines junior high and high school, its results include both 7th and 8th grade Forward Exams and 10th grade Forward and ACT results. The school currently ranks 111th of 533 high schools statewide — the 79th percentile with 4 stars — while the district overall ranks 154th of 432, or the 64th percentile with 3 stars.
This school is clearly on the rise. It moved from 2 stars and the 44th percentile in 2023–2024 to 4 stars and the 79th percentile in 2025–2026, a gain of 129 rank positions. Its graduation rate is 97.9% versus 92.0% statewide, and its dropout rate is 0.0% versus 1.1% statewide. Math and science are relative strengths: 8th grade math is 71.79% proficient against 53.67% statewide, 7th grade math is 68.92% versus 55.67%, ACT ELA is 61.43% versus 48.47%, ACT Science is 50.00% versus 43.20%, and 10th grade Social Studies is 66.67% versus 48.25%. High school results also improved year over year across Social Studies and all three ACT subjects.
The clearest concern is chronic absenteeism at 28.5%, well above the district's 17.1% and the state's 17.3% — more than one in four students. Middle-grade English language arts is also weak: 8th grade ELA is 37.18% proficient versus 54.38% statewide, and 7th grade ELA is 48.65% versus 55.33%. Eighth grade Social Studies is below state as well, at 57.69% versus 64.63%. For context, 30.77% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, spending is $18,035 per student, and the student-teacher ratio is 12.4 to 1. Overall, this is an improving school with strong outcomes for older students, but attendance and middle-grade reading are the areas most worth asking about.
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