Summary:
ZIP code 53949 in Montello, Wisconsin contains two high schools serving grades 7–12: Montello Junior/Senior High with 232 students and High Marq Environmental Charter School with 33 students. Both belong to the Montello School District and share the same campus address at 222 Forest Ln. Together they enroll 265 students, with Montello Junior/Senior High accounting for about 87.5% of that total.
Both schools carry the same district rating — 194 of 432, 55th percentile, 3 stars — yet their individual results differ sharply. High Marq ranks 59 of 533 (89th percentile, 4 stars) and outperforms the state on all three ACT subjects, including 50 vs 28.95 in math and 50 vs 31.58 in science at Montello. The starkest contrast is 10th-grade social studies: 83.33% proficient at High Marq versus 23.53% at Montello, against 48.25% statewide. Montello leads instead on completion, with a 97.1% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, compared with High Marq's 3.0% dropout rate and a most recent school-level graduation rate of 75.0% in 2023–2024.
Resources differ too. Montello spends $23,497 per student — roughly twice High Marq's $11,569 — and has a lower student-teacher ratio (8.4 vs 16.5). Free/reduced lunch is comparable (43.97% vs 39.39%), and both schools have chronic absenteeism below the state's 17.3%. Montello's rank has climbed from the 13th percentile in 2023–2024 to 28th in 2025–2026, while High Marq moved from 49th percentile in 2012–2013 to 89th. Because High Marq has only 33 students, its percentages can shift dramatically with one student, so families should weigh that volatility alongside the strong results.
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