Best High Schools in Zip Code 53573

Zip code 53573 in Muscoda, Wisconsin, has two listed high schools — Riverdale High, serving grades 9–12 with 192 students, and Riverdale Academy, serving grades 6–12 with 14 students — both part of the Riverdale School District and located at the same address, 235 E Elm St. Together they enroll 206 students, with Riverdale High making up 93.2% of that total and Riverdale Academy 6.8%. The district is ranked 214 of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 50th percentile with 3 stars.

Riverdale High has strong completion numbers: a 100.0% graduation rate (above the district's 93.4% and the state's 92.0%) and a 0.0% dropout rate. Its 2025–2026 ACT proficiency is above district and state in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science, though Social Studies on the Forward Exam is below the state. Its ranking rebounded sharply, from 27th percentile and 1 star in 2024–2025 to 66th percentile and 3 stars in 2025–2026. One caution: chronic absenteeism is 28.2%, above the district's 21.3% and the state's 17.3%.

Riverdale Academy looks very different. Its 57.1% graduation rate is well below the district and state, and its 80.0% chronic absenteeism rate is far above the district's 21.3% and the state's 17.3%. It also has higher free/reduced-lunch eligibility (71.43% vs. 44.27%), lower per-student spending ($15,471 vs. $19,080), and a higher student-teacher ratio (15.5 vs. 13.6). With only 14 students, its percentages can swing widely, and no test-score records are listed, so its academic proficiency cannot be compared from this data.