Schools · Sylvan
Sylvan, WI schools
Kids attend Richland Center Primary School through grade 2, then Richland Center Intermediate School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C−
Sylvan’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Sylvan’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 84% of Wisconsin’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Test scoresDGraduation
Wisconsin school districts we grade (436)Better than 16%
Lower resultsHigher results
Wisconsin towns with similar household incomes (1,048)Better than 17%
Towns in Richland County (16)Better than 38%
High confidence. Built on 823 tested students and a graduating class of 110; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Wisconsin’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Wisconsin only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Wisconsin with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.
School path
Where Sylvan kids go to school
Grades 3–6
CRichland Center Intermediate School
275 students · Richland Center Richland School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–6, Richland)27%
State average 37.2%
Math (Kickapoo Area)30%
State average 37.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
87% graduate on time
Graduation rate
87%
WI: 90.1%
Graduating class
110
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Sylvan
Richland School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 1,121 students
$19,011 per studentWI $16,459DKickapoo Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 464 students
$15,446 per studentWI $16,459CEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
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