NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools WI

Best-Resourced Schools in Menomonie, WI

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6 public K-12 schools in Menomonie from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
3,022
Students
41.8/100
Avg Resource Index
13.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Menomonie has more public-school enrollment than 29% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Menomonie's 6 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Menomonie's 6 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 23-point gap between Menomonie Middle and School District of the Menomonie Area 4k shows the range hidden by Menomonie's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 71%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
54th percentile
Teacher staffing
71st percentile

Menomonie High accounts for 32.0% of all Menomonie public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Menomonie-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Menomonie school enrollment varies 5.1× across entities

Menomonie school enrollment ranges from 190 students (lowest) to 966 students (highest), a spread of 776 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Menomonie operates one school district — a single-district system

Menomonie's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Menomonie student-teacher ratio is 13.7:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Menomonie Middle 53
2. Menomonie High 45
3. Wakanda Elementary 44
4. Oaklawn Elementary 41
5. River Heights Elementary 38
6. School District of the Menomonie Area 4k 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Menomonie

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 River Heights Elementary 52.6/100
  2. 2 Menomonie High 38.3/100
  3. 3 Wakanda Elementary 36.5/100
  4. 4 Menomonie Middle 35.0/100
  5. 5 School District of the Menomonie Area 4k 31.7/100

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Which Menomonie school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Menomonie Middle has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Menomonie schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Menomonie, WI? ▼

Menomonie has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,022 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.7:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.