Enrollment
327
High
DISTRICT 363 · STATE 475
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MELROSE-MINDORO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550900001051
Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High
N181 State Road 108, Melrose, WI 54642 · (608) 488-2201 · Jackson County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Wisconsin public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 14.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
107 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 64 | 20% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
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Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.9%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
60.2%
WI avg 54.8% . +11.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.9% | 60.2% |
| 2023-24 | 45.5% | 48.5% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High
Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High this school | 327 | 32.7% | 49.8% |
| Lancaster High Lancaster | 325 | 32.0% | 46.8% |
| River Valley High Spring Green | 364 | 30.8% | 60.5% |
| Bangor Middle/High Bangor | 352 | 31.5% | 50.7% |
| Peshtigo High Peshtigo | 330 | 29.7% | 37.2% |
| Spencer Junior High/High Spencer | 329 | 33.4% | 54.6% |
Matched among Wisconsin high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #168 of 402 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #13 of 64 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #31 of 64 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #237 of 532 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #38 of 325 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.7% | #317 of 325 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.7% | #228 of 418 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
327
-24 (-7%) vs 2020
+66% since 1990-91, when it was 197
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 327 | 27.1 | 12.1:1 | 33% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 317 | 25.6 | 12.4:1 | 37% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 330 | 26.8 | 12.3:1 | 39% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 26 | 13.5:1 | 38% (133) |
| 2017-18 | 33 | 16.4 | 2.0:1 | 45% (15) |
| 2015-16 | 217 | 16 | 13.6:1 | 34% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 228 | 17 | 13.4:1 | 30% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 246 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 18% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 197 | 17 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students up 891% (33 to 327); teachers up 65% (16.4 to 27.1).
About Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High
Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High is a small high school found in Melrose, Wisconsin. Enrolled students number 327 students, in grades 7 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Wisconsin average about 475 students each.
Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High is part of Melrose-Mindoro School District, where 2 schools serve 726 students.
The large majority of students at Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High, 94%, are White. The next largest groups are 3% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High comes in at 12%.
Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High counts 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.1 students for each one. The 14.6:1 average for high schools in Wisconsin is higher than this school's figure. About 33% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Jackson County, the average is 51%.
allk12 grades Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High a B-. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High sits between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.8% and a predicted 57.6%.
Jackson County has about 20,981 residents, and median household income is about $68,110, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 10 public schools in Jackson County, with a combined enrollment of about 2,867.
The closest public school, Melrose-Mindoro Elementary, is less than a tenth of a mile from Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High. Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The number of students declined from 351 to 327 over 4 years. Students per teacher fell from 13.5 in 2020-21 to 12.1 in 2024-25.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,981
Census ACS
Median income
$68,110
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,867 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Melrose-Mindoro School District
- Melrose-Mindoro ElementaryElementary · 399 students
Nearby schools
- Melrose-Mindoro Elementary0.0 mi · 399
- West Salem High12.2 mi · 603
- West Salem Elementary12.2 mi · 677
- West Salem Middle12.3 mi · 534
- Herrman Elementary12.9 mi · 616
- Bangor Elementary13.0 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior HighHow large is Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High?
Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High enrolls approximately 327 students in grades 07-12.
Is Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High is approximately 12.1:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High?
Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High reports a student body of 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High in?
Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High is part of Melrose-Mindoro School District.
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