Merrill High

As an expansive senior high in Merrill, Wisconsin, Merrill High hosts 756 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Merrill Area School District. Enrollment runs roughly 59% larger than the state mean of about 475.

Merrill Area School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,686 students. Merrill High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Merrill High shows that nearly all students (90%) are White. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Merrill High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.3%; this one delivers 44.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lincoln County indicate median household earnings sit near $68,164, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Merrill High is one of 12 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 3,880 students).

The closest other public school is Bridges Virtual Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Merrill High.

Merrill High operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Merrill High has ticked down 6%, going from 803 students in 2018 to 756 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 95% to 90% over that span.

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