Spencer Junior High/High

Spencer Junior High/High operates as a modestly sized senior high in Spencer, Wisconsin, overseen by Spencer School District. Current enrollment sits at 329 students spanning grades 6 through 12. That puts it 31% smaller than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 475 students.

Across the 2 schools in Spencer School District (619 students total), Spencer Junior High/High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Spencer Junior High/High lists that nearly all students (88%) are White; the rest consists of 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Marathon County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Spencer Junior High/High lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. The state averages about 14.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. 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.

After controlling for student poverty, Spencer Junior High/High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.1%, the actual is 54.6%, a residual of -2.5 points.

In the area at large, Marathon County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,884 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Spencer Junior High/High is one of 52 public schools in Marathon County (combined enrollment of about 18,592 students).

Nearest neighbor: Spencer Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spencer Junior High/High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.6%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spencer Junior High/High has fell 11%, going from 368 students in 2018 to 329 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 88% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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