Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High

Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High operates as a low-enrollment high school in Melrose, Wisconsin, part of Melrose-Mindoro School District. Current enrollment sits at 327 students spanning grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High sits 31% smaller than that benchmark.

Melrose-Mindoro School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 726 students; Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High is among them.

Demographically, Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High logs that nearly all students (94%) are White. Other groups include 3% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Jackson County (around 51%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.6%; this one delivers 49.8%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jackson County put the typical household earns roughly $68,110 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High is one of 10 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 2,867 students).

Nearest neighbor: Melrose-Mindoro Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High has increased 891%, going from 33 students in 2018 to 327 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 2.0:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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