Summary:
The Menasha Joint School District in Wisconsin serves roughly 3,121 students across 7 schools — five elementary schools (grades PK–4, plus one PK–8 virtual school), one middle school (grades 7–8), and one high school (grades 9–12). Districtwide it ranks 333 of 432 in the state, at the 23rd percentile with a 1-star rating, so families should expect real variation from school to school.
Two schools stand out. Fox Valley Virtual School is the district's academic bright spot: it ranks at the 57th percentile with 3 stars, up sharply from the 41st percentile a year earlier, and posts strong results including 90% proficient in 7th grade ELA and 78.57% in 6th grade ELA. Its chronic absenteeism is low at 8.0%, but its dropout rate of 4.7% is well above the district and state, and its per-student spending of $25,309 is the highest in the district. Clovis Grove Elementary is the strongest traditional elementary, at the 45th percentile, with scores near state averages and above district averages in every listed subject.
Other schools face bigger challenges. Menasha High graduates 95.4% of students — above the state's 92.0% — yet its test scores trail the state in social studies, ACT ELA, ACT Math, and ACT Science, and it has the highest student-teacher ratio at 16.1. Maplewood Middle has 17.9% chronic absenteeism, above both district and state. Gegan Elementary has the district's highest free/reduced lunch rate at 70.54% along with low scores across subjects, Banta Bilingual Elementary has the lowest absenteeism at 4.4% but very uneven academics, and Butte des Morts Elementary ranks at the 24th percentile. Every school has a free/reduced lunch rate above 50%.
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