Menasha High

Menasha High operates as a high-enrollment high school in Menasha, Wisconsin. It teaches 1,020 students in grades 9 through 12. That is 115% larger than the average of about 475 students for high schools in Wisconsin.

The 8 schools of Menasha Joint School District, including Menasha High, enroll 3,273 students.

At Menasha High, 58% of students are White. Smaller groups are 22% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. For comparison, the population of Winnebago County is roughly 87% White. The diversity index for Menasha High is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Menasha High lists 63.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.1 students per teacher. The gap from the 14.6:1 average for high schools in Wisconsin is 1.5 students per teacher. About 50% of students at Menasha High are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 9 points above the 41% average for public schools in Winnebago County.

On a poverty-adjusted basis, Menasha High falls in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools: 42.5% actual against 46.9% predicted.

Census data for Winnebago County show median household income comes to about $74,925, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 56 public schools in the county, enrolling about 22,271, Menasha High among them.

Banta Bilingual Elementary sits about 0.3 miles from Menasha High. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Menasha High ranks 6th on average proficiency.

The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Mid-size.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 12%, from 910 to 1,020.

This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Menasha High. Members of the school community can share what they know.