Summary:
The Stoughton Area School District in Wisconsin has one middle school, River Bluff Middle, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 300 out of 628 Wisconsin middle schools in 2024-2025 to 391 out of 641 in 2023-2024.
River Bluff Middle's academic performance on the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's standardized test, shows mixed results. The school's proficiency rates were above the state average in English Language Arts for 6th and 7th grades, as well as in Social Studies for 8th grade. However, the school's proficiency rates were below the state average in Mathematics for 8th grade and Science for 8th grade. The school's dropout rate is relatively low at 1.3%, but its chronic absenteeism rate is higher than the state's average at 17.7%.
The school has a student population of 572 and a free and reduced-price lunch rate of 33.04%, indicating a significant portion of students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Despite the school's higher-than-average per-student spending of $12,935 and a relatively low student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3, the school's performance on standardized tests and other metrics suggests that it may still be facing challenges in effectively utilizing its resources to improve student outcomes.
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