Barron’s public schools score below 70% of Wisconsin districts
The public schools Barron’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 70% of Wisconsin’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
What Barron’s schools are like
Which school depends on your street
With two elementary schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. Elementary grades range from C+ to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school, not just the town. After that, everyone goes to Riverview Middle and Barron High. Maple Grove, Clinton and Stanfold send their kids to all the same schools. See the path ↓
How it compares with its neighbors
Counting the four towns on its borders, Barron ranks 3rd of 5. Stanley (C+) and Stanfold (C+) are graded higher. Compare ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Barron compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Wisconsin’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Wisconsin only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Barron.
Parts of Barron are served by Rice Lake Area School District.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Barron vs. its neighbors
Barron’s schools rank 3rd of 5 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Wisconsin districts.
Every school in Barron
1 school. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Barron families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Barron
There’s no college in Barron, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Northwood Technical College in Rice Lake, 6 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Barron. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Wisconsin. Stars are from neighbors.