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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
327
+294 (+891%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 2.0:1
% White
94%
was 94%
% Asian
2%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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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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