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Schools in Bear Lake

Bear Lake’s public schools

Rice Lake Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bear Lake. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/5schools above Wisconsin’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Wisconsin’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
41%
2021–22
Math proficiency
44%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.6K
▼ 5% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.1
WI 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,075 students on the public path
In brief

Bear Lake’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Bear Lake’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s 1,899 public schools. Rice Lake Middle places highest (better than 67%); Rice Lake High lowest (28%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Bear Lake, graded from B− to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Rice Lake High. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Bear Lake, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–43 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB− to B
5–8Rice Lake Middlein Rice LakeB+
9–12Rice Lake Highin Rice LakeC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Rice Lake Area School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Rice Lake Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 2,096 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 12.1 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$15,567WI $16,459 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading41%
State average 38.1% · 1066 students tested
Math44%
State average 38.7% · 1067 students tested

Bear Lake vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Wisconsin towns that share Bear Lake’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Bear Lake—Rice Lake Area
Lakeland—Cumberland
Oak Grove—Rice Lake Area
Sarona—Shell Lake PK–12 · Spooner Area PK–12
Stanfold—Rice Lake Area PK–12 · Barron Area PK–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Rice Lake Area with Bear Lake, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Bear Lake

5 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Wisconsin’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Bear Lakein other towns
Tainter Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Rice Lake
B−
445 students11:1Rate it →
Haugen Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Haugen
B
83 students10:1Rate it →
Hilltop Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Rice Lake
B
251 students11:1Rate it →
Rice Lake Middle
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Rice Lake
B+
622 students12:1Rate it →
Rice Lake High
High · Grades 9–12 · Rice Lake
C
674 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Bear Lake’s schools

Are Bear Lake’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Bear Lake. Rice Lake Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bear Lake. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Bear Lake in?

Rice Lake Area School District.

Where do Bear Lake kids go to high school?

Rice Lake High.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.