Merc

Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Merc in Minneapolis, Minnesota enrolled 60 students in 2024-25. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 40-49% (Minnesota: 83.3%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment fell 6% from 2022-23 to 2024-25

64 students in 2022-23, 62 students in 2023-24, 60 students in 2024-25.

Students enrolled at Merc by school year2022-23: 64, 2023-24: 62, 2024-25: 600204060802022-23642023-24622024-2560
Students enrolled at Merc by school year2022-23: 64, 2023-24: 62, 2024-25: 600204060802022-23642023-24622024-2560
Students enrolled at Merc by school year2022-23: 64, 2023-24: 62, 2024-25: 600204060802022-23642023-24622024-2560
Students enrolled at Merc by school year2022-23: 64, 2023-24: 62, 2024-25: 600204060802022-23642023-24622024-2560
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-23640.0not reported
2023-24620.0not reported
2024-25600.0not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25.

Programs and staff in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Merc enrolled 54 students and reported no counselor; it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)0.0
  • Out-of-school suspensions0
  • Chronically absent87.5% (2022-23)

Who attends

50.0% of students were Hispanic, 28.3% Black, 8.3% White in 2024-25.

  1. Hispanic50.0%
  2. Black28.3%
  3. White8.3%
  4. American Indian8.3%
  5. Two or more races5.0%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

40-49% of the 31 students in Merc's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 83.3% across Minnesota. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtMinnesota
Four-year graduation rate40‑49%68%83.3%
Students in the class312,49469,945

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

High schools in Minneapolis

44 public high schools in Minneapolis report 2024-25 enrollment.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Washburn High1,52117.932.9%
South High1,25712.959.7%
Southwest High1,19515.722.1%
Roosevelt High1,14814.840.1%
Edison High86513.564.6%
Henry High78310.266.4%
Hiawatha Collegiate High School74417.468.1%
North High59111.069.2%

All public schools in Minneapolis →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Merc

  1. MERC ExtendedThe nearest public high school, under 0.1 miles away: 7 students (2024-25).under 0.1 mi
  2. Downtown CampusThe next nearest public high school, 0.8 miles away: 87 students, 11.7 per teacher (2024-25).0.8 mi
  3. Compare Merc with MERC ExtendedStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Minneapolis Public School District spends per student$21,839 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$21,839
  5. The largest public schools in MinnesotaMerc is the number 546 by size of 781 Minnesota high schools open in 2024-25.#546 of 781
  6. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Merc

  1. How many students attend Merc?
    60 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 64 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Minneapolis, MN.
  2. Is Merc a Title I school?
    Merc ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  3. What is the graduation rate at Merc?
    40-49% of the 31 students in Merc's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 83.3% across Minnesota. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.
  4. What district is Merc in?
    Minneapolis Public School District, NCES district ID 2721240. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 272124001898 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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