Summary
Menasha High is a public high school serving grades 9–12 in Menasha, Wisconsin, a Fox Valley city near Appleton, with about 1,020 students. It is the high school of the Menasha Joint School District, which ranks 333 of 432 districts in Wisconsin (23rd percentile, 1 star). The school ranked 374 of 533 in 2025–2026 — the 30th percentile with 2 stars. That is a meaningful climb from 2017–2018, when it sat in the bottom decile, but it is still below the state midpoint and below nearby comprehensive high schools such as Kimberly High and Neenah High. About 50.2% of students were economically disadvantaged in 2024–2025.
Test results are the weakest area. In 2025–2026, 10th-grade proficiency fell below state averages in every tested subject: Social Studies 36.27% vs. 48.25%, English Language Arts 38.71% vs. 48.47%, Math 33.87% vs. 42.93%, and Science 31.85% vs. 43.20%. Kimberly High and Neenah High score much higher. Results are mixed against schools with similar student populations: Menasha is close to or slightly ahead of West High in Social Studies, Math, and Science, while East High is higher in ELA. Performance also swings year to year — Math was above the state in 2022–2023 and Social Studies above it in 2023–2024.
Completion and attendance are clear strengths. Graduation was 95.4% in 2024–2025, above the state's 92.0%, while the dropout rate was 1.3% and chronic absenteeism was 16.5%, better than the state's 17.3%. West High, which serves a similarly high-poverty population, graduates 88.0% with 2.7% dropout and 33.1% chronic absenteeism — and Menasha achieves this while spending less per student ($14,192) with a higher student–teacher ratio (16.1). Subgroup results also offer bright spots: African American students ranked in the 64th percentile with 3 stars, and special education students reached the 50th percentile with 3 stars, up sharply from the prior year.
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