Best Public Schools in Merrillan, WI

Summary:

The city of Merrillan, Wisconsin is home to a single elementary school, Lincoln Elementary, which serves grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 330 students. The school is part of the Alma Center School District, which has an overall ranking of 310 out of 428 in Wisconsin and is rated 1 star out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Lincoln Elementary's performance has been mixed, with its statewide ranking fluctuating between 533 out of 1,067 Wisconsin elementary schools in 2022-2023 and 622 out of 1,061 in 2023-2024. The school's proficiency rates on the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's standardized assessment, have generally been lower than the state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics, with some exceptions in 5th and 6th-grade ELA. The school's chronic absenteeism rate for the 2022-2023 school year was 6.4%.

Demographic and socioeconomic factors may play a role in Lincoln Elementary's performance, as the school has a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 57.58% in the 2022-2023 school year. The school's per-student spending in the 2020-2021 school year was $11,642. While the data is limited to a single school, it suggests opportunities for further investigation and targeted interventions to support student success at Lincoln Elementary and within the broader Alma Center School District.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				Forward Exam English Language Arts (2024)				Forward Exam Mathematics (2024)				Forward Exam Social Studies (2024)	Forward Exam Science (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Forward Exam English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 4th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 5th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 6th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 3rd Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 4th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 5th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 6th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 4th Grade	Forward Exam Science 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lincoln Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	207 E Pearl St	Merrillan	54754	Jackson County	Alma Center School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 333-2911	313	28	11.3	55.6%	263 (84.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.5%)	50.6	622^nd of 1061 public elementary schools	41.4%		55.1	533^rd of 1067 public elementary schools	50.0%	89	44.2	36.4	75.0	62.2	48.8	36.4	66.7	70.3	51.5	45.5	$11,642	$1,075	$10,567

Cities Near Merrillan

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Alma Center	4.92 mi	1	345^th
Black River Falls	9.82 mi	6	443^rd
Neillsville	13.7 mi	3	369^th
Granton	20.25 mi	2	412^th
Osseo	21.59 mi	3	398^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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