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River Ridge Elementary

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River Ridge Elementary ranks 354 th of 1044 Wisconsin elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-4

354^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,044 Wisconsin Elementary Schools

Better than 66% of Wisconsin elementary schools

Summary

River Ridge Elementary is a public elementary school located in Patch Grove, Wisconsin, serving 198 students in grades PK-4. The school is part of the River Ridge School District, which is ranked 127 out of 426 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating.

Academically, River Ridge Elementary has shown fluctuating performance on the Forward Exam, with its ranking among Wisconsin elementary schools ranging from 263 to 769 in recent years. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school ranked 354 out of 1,044 Wisconsin elementary schools, with a 3-star rating. While the school's performance is generally above the state average in most subject areas, particularly in mathematics and social studies, it has experienced concerns with chronic absenteeism, which has ranged from 5.9% to 19.5% over the past few years.

Interestingly, River Ridge Elementary has performed exceptionally well in serving its special education and low socioeconomic status (SES) student populations, ranking among the top 5% and top 20% of Wisconsin elementary schools, respectively, in these categories. However, the school's performance for male students is relatively weaker, ranking in the middle to lower third of Wisconsin elementary schools. Nearby schools, such as Fennimore Elementary, have consistently outperformed River Ridge Elementary, while Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle has struggled with academic performance.

190

Students ?

11.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

46.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

11165 County Highway P
Patch Grove, WI 53817

(608) 994-2715

District: River Ridge School District

Students who attend River Ridge Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	River Ridge Middle
High:	River Ridge High

Racial breakdown:

White:

90.5%

Hispanic:

6.8%

Two or more races:

1.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 75th percentile in 2022 → 66th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Wisconsin average (64% vs 55% meeting standards)

✓Above the Wisconsin median (66th percentile)

✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped from its 75th-percentile peak (2022) to 66th (2025)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school64%

District avg64%

Wisconsin avg55%

354^th of 1,044

Wisconsin public elementary schools ?

Top 34%▲ up 32 pts since 2015

From bottom 34% (2015) to top 34% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

127^th of 426River Ridge School District among Wisconsin districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	67.5	354 of 1044	66.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	72.3	283 of 1061	73.3%	★★★★☆
2023	69.3	308 of 1067	71.1%	★★★★☆
2022	71.7	263 of 1067	75.4%	★★★★☆
2021	50.3	576 of 1050	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.1	769 of 1037	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	54.9	496 of 1025	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2017	68.0	326 of 1071	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2016	42.0	708 of 1075	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2015	45.2	708 of 1076	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2014	49.4	626 of 1061	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2013	56.2	509 of 1053	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2004	69.1	208 of 633	67.1%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	71.5	272 of 1001	72.8%	★★★★☆
2024	82.3	98 of 1011	90.3%	★★★★★
2023	75.4	205 of 1010	79.7%	★★★★☆
2022	74.7	215 of 1017	78.9%	★★★★☆
2021	44.9	606 of 1004	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	32.2	748 of 1002	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	63.0	376 of 997	62.3%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	68.1	199 of 870	77.1%	★★★★☆
2024	81.2	77 of 866	91.1%	★★★★★
2023	77.8	94 of 871	89.2%	★★★★☆
2022	83.1	55 of 859	93.6%	★★★★★
2021	53.2	358 of 847	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	32.8	650 of 874	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	57.2	319 of 854	62.6%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	59.4	428 of 1000	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	59.1	468 of 1012	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.8	386 of 1011	61.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	66.5	314 of 1017	69.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	56.5	473 of 1003	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	37.0	711 of 1002	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	42.9	646 of 997	35.2%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	89.6	31 of 802	96.1%	★★★★★
2024	84.3	70 of 790	91.1%	★★★★★
2021	78.5	79 of 746	89.4%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	66.6	233 of 718	67.5%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2025)96th percentile+30 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)77th percentile+11 vs school

Female (2025)73rd percentile+7 vs school

White (2025)68th percentile~ school

Male (2025)57th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs Wisconsin (2024-2025) ?

Social Studies83%+19 vs state

Mathematics68%+13 vs state

English Language Arts56%+4 vs state

Science51%~ state avg

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Forward Exam English Language Arts (2025)						Forward Exam Mathematics (2025)						Forward Exam Social Studies (2025)		Forward Exam Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Forward Exam English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 4th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 5th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 6th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 7th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 8th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 3rd Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 4th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 5th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 6th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 7th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 4th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 8th Grade	Forward Exam Science 4th Grade	Forward Exam Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
River Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	11165 County Highway P	Patch Grove	53817	Grant County	River Ridge School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(608) 994-2715	190	16	11.5	46.8%	172 (90.5%)	1 (0.5%)	13 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	67.5	354^th of 1044 public elementary schools	66.1%		72.3	283^rd of 1061 public elementary schools	73.3%	71	52.8	60.0					61.1	74.3					82.9		51.4
Riverdale Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	800 N 6th St	Muscoda	53573	Grant County	Riverdale School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 739-3101	337	28	12.1	56.4%	308 (91.4%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.9%)	61.1	442^nd of 1044 public elementary schools	57.7%		64.1	417^th of 1061 public elementary schools	60.7%	25	65.7	58.2	63.9	52.3			71.4	60.0	58.3	50.0			67.3		45.5		$13,305	$937	$12,368
Highland Community Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1030 Cardinal Dr	Highland	53543	Iowa County	Highland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 929-4525	124	11	11.1	41.1%	106 (85.5%)	1 (0.8%)	12 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.0%)	36.3	756^th of 1044 public elementary schools	27.6%		42	706^th of 1061 public elementary schools	33.5%	50	58.3	50.0	30.8				66.7	33.3	23.1				61.1		27.8		$13,690	$707	$12,982
Richland Center Intermediate School	Public	3-6	1801 State Highway 80	Richland Center	53581	Richland County	Richland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 647-6381	275	32	8.6	66.5%	225 (81.8%)	3 (1.1%)	26 (9.5%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.9%)	38.4	743^rd of 1044 public elementary schools	28.8%		45.7	672^nd of 1061 public elementary schools	36.7%	71	35.8	56.5	43.6	35.5			31.3	46.8	30.7	40.3			64.5		62.9		$12,677	$781	$11,895
Richland Center Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	1990 Bohmann Dr	Richland Center	53581	Richland County	Richland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 647-8971	301	30	10.1	64.5%	229 (76.1%)	6 (2.0%)	46 (15.3%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.6%)								(n/a)																	$15,793	$2,267	$13,525
Ithaca Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	24615 State Hwy 58	Richland Center	53581	Richland County	Ithaca School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 585-2311	145	12	12.6	49.0%	137 (94.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	4 (2.8%)	33.9	780^th of 1044 public elementary schools	25.3%		42.8	699^th of 1061 public elementary schools	34.1%	81	47.6	15.8	57.1				57.1	31.6	52.4				26.3		26.3		$15,006	$615	$14,391
Boscobel Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Buchanan St	Boscobel	53805	Grant County	Boscobel Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 375-4165	311	30	10.3	58.8%	288 (92.6%)	5 (1.6%)	7 (2.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.9%)	66.7	365^th of 1044 public elementary schools	65.0%		73.1	266^th of 1061 public elementary schools	74.9%	99	52.1	54.8	63.9				56.3	66.7	75.0				73.8		59.5		$14,284	$1,166	$13,118
Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	498 County Road IG	Livingston	53554	Iowa County	Iowa-Grant School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 943-6313	423	37	11.5	45.4%	383 (90.5%)	4 (0.9%)	30 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	49.4	592^nd of 1044 public elementary schools	43.3%		54	580^th of 1061 public elementary schools	45.3%	12	41.7	39.5	51.2	44.2	45.8	63.0	47.9	52.6	90.2	55.8	83.3	76.1	68.4	80.4	42.1	63.0	$12,416	$724	$11,693
River Valley Elementary	Public	1-4	830 W Daley St	Spring Green	53588	Sauk County	River Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 588-2559	258	24	10.5	38.8%	239 (92.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	39.4	736^th of 1044 public elementary schools	29.5%		51	616^th of 1061 public elementary schools	41.9%	120	45.2	42.4					54.8	40.7					59.3		39.0		$16,412	$733	$15,679
Fennimore Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	830 Madison St	Fennimore	53809	Grant County	Fennimore Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 822-3285	380	32	11.7	46.6%	342 (90.0%)	1 (0.3%)	32 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	81.6	140^th of 1044 public elementary schools	86.6%		67.4	367^th of 1061 public elementary schools	65.4%	227	72.3	65.3	70.6				74.5	77.6	59.6				81.6		75.5		$13,342	$1,512	$11,831

Frequently Asked Questions about River Ridge Elementary

Is River Ridge Elementary a good school?

River Ridge Elementary ranks 354^th of 1044 Wisconsin elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of River Ridge Elementary?

Students at River Ridge Elementary are 91% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of River Ridge Elementary attend?

Students who attend River Ridge Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : River Ridge Middle
High : River Ridge High

How many students attend River Ridge Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 190 students attended River Ridge Elementary.

What district is River Ridge Elementary in?

River Ridge School District

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