Summary:
ZIP code 54763 contains exactly one school: Ridgeland-Dallas Elementary, a PK–4 elementary school with 68 students in the Barron Area School District, located at 315 Main St in Ridgeland. There are no middle, high, or alternative schools in this ZIP code, so families must send students elsewhere once they finish fourth grade. Because the school is so small, grade-level proficiency percentages are based on very few students, and a one- or two-student change can move a rate dramatically.
The most important concern is the academic trend. Statewide, the school ranked 632 of 1,061 (40th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–24, then 835 of 1,044 (20th percentile, 1 star) in 2024–25, and 955 of 1,039 (8th percentile, 0 stars) in 2025–26. In 2025–26 it scored below both the district and the state in all six reported Forward Exam subjects and grades — including 0% proficient in fourth-grade mathematics, which is 41.94 points below the district and 52.87 points below the state. Proficiency fell in five of six tests compared with 2024–25; only fourth-grade English language arts held roughly flat, from 27.27% to 28.57%.
There are real strengths, too. Chronic absenteeism is 10.9%, equal to the district and well below the state rate of 17.3%, so attendance does not appear to be driving the low scores. The student-teacher ratio is a favorable 9.5, and per-student spending is $17,499, with 54.41% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. The district itself ranks 392 of 432 statewide (9th percentile, 0 stars), so the school's 2025–26 standing mirrors a weak district context.
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