Menasha High

Menasha High is a substantial senior high in Menasha, Wisconsin, run under Menasha Joint School District. The school instructs 1,020 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 115% larger than the state mean of about 475.

Menasha Joint School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,273 students. Menasha High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Menasha High shows that 58% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

Looking at school resources, Menasha High logs 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. Roughly 50% of students at Menasha High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Winnebago County's rate of about 41%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Menasha High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.9%, the actual is 42.5%, a residual of -4.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Winnebago County put median household income runs about $74,925, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Winnebago County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,271 students), Menasha High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Banta Bilingual Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Menasha High. On composite proficiency, Menasha High comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 47.2%.

Menasha High operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Menasha High's enrollment has edged up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 987 (now 1,020). White enrollment moved from 68% to 58% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.