510 19th Ave S
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495

I'm a current sophomore and this is a pretty great school, in my opinion. There are numerous (about 100) different student clubs, organizations, and sports for all different walks of life. The teachers genuinely care for their students, and they are usually pretty flexible with due dates and are happy to help you out after/before school, during study halls, RPT, etc. There are SO, so many different classes. There are also many different career-readiness activities such as field trips to colleges, guest speakers, presentations every Monday, Xello, and many, many more. Safety is one of the top priorities as well. The student body is awesome as well; bullying is not as common at this school as you would see with others - there's a pretty popular Cool 2 Be Kind club too! The student-to-staff ratio is about 18:1 which is pretty good. Unfortunately, there aren't as many accelerated/honors classes available as in some other schools, and the GPA is unweighted; however, there are still some pretty decent opportunities. Overall, the school is super great in my opinion, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone.

Wisconsin Rapids Area Middle School is a great stepping school from smaller grade school to the bigger schools, like Junior High School and Lincoln High Schooll. The school has very excellent teachers and other office staff that make students comfortable and at ease. They can make a good transition from a young age to the bigger schools and the rest of their future.

This school is HORRIBLE for students with special needs. They go out of their way to deny services that are needed for students and the special education staff seem to present as though they know more about special needs then specialists in the field of the child's diagnosis. When the parent does not go right along with the school on what they say they start giving veiled threats to the parents. They also do absolutely nothing about the bullying at the school and instead punish the student being bullied instead. They have instituted a "policy" that does not allow parents to even enter the school building all under the guise of "safety" when it seems more like so parents can not witness the wrong doings and bullying that is rampant in the school.If you have a special needs child RUN away from this horrible school as fast as you can.

River Cities gave my son hope when other schools couldn't. They helped him by coaching him personally, tailoring the educational program to his needs and caring about him. He graduated!