About Merrill Area School District
Merrill Area School District is a public school system serving Lincoln County, Wisconsin, based in Merrill. It serves 2,686 students across 7 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: distant district. By enrollment it is the #76 largest of Wisconsin’s 448 school systems.
Size and structure
Merrill Area School District enrolls 2,686 students in 7 schools — an average of about 384 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #76 of 448 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Merrill Area School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (2,686 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Merrill Area School District employs about 175 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 15.4:1 — above the Wisconsin average of about 13.6:1. Total district staff is roughly 362.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Wisconsin funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Merrill Area School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Wisconsin rates schools and districts on the Wisconsin School & District Report Cards, scoring a 0–100 index across Achievement, Growth, Target Group Outcomes and On-Track to Graduation into five ratings from Significantly Exceeds to Fails to Meet Expectations. Look up Merrill Area School District on the Wisconsin Report Cards.
Accreditation status
Wisconsin does not require accreditation of its public districts; the Department of Public Instruction oversees them directly, and accreditation through Cognia is voluntary. Look up Merrill Area School District in the free Cognia registry.
Merrill Area School District vs. Wisconsin
See every Wisconsin district side by side in the Wisconsin directory.
Look up Merrill Area School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):