Regular local school district · Lincoln County
Merrill Area School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Merrill Area School District runs 7 public schools with 2,686 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.4 students per teacher is 1.4 higher than the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 2,686
- Teachers (FTE)
- 174
- Students per teacher
- 15.4
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1111 N Sales St, Merrill, WI 54452
- Phone
- (715)536-4581
- County
- Lincoln County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5509210
- State district ID
- WI-3500
- Total staff (FTE)
- 362
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 384 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
- Charter schools
- 2
Students per teacher compared
This district15.4
Wisconsin14.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,318), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $47.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.1 million
- State revenue
- $22.3 million
- Local revenue
- $20.5 million
- Total spending
- $44.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,307
- Salaries
- $21.0 million47.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 47.5%
- Local: 43.7%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,307
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Merrill Area School District
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 1 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bridges Virtual AcademyCharter | Other | PK to 12 | 674 | 17.3 |
| Kate Goodrich Elementary | Elementary | K to 2 | 337 | 13.0 |
| Merrill Adult Diploma AcademyCharter | High | 11 to 12 | 31 | 31.0 |
| Merrill High | High | 9 to 12 | 756 | 16.4 |
| Pine River School for Young Learners (PRSYL) | Prekindergarten | PK | 124 | 20.7 |
| Prairie River Middle | Middle | 5 to 8 | 507 | 13.7 |
| Washington Elementary | Elementary | 3 to 4 | 257 | 15.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lincoln County
- Tomahawk School District 1,142 students
- Cooperative Ed Serv Agcy 09
More in Wisconsin
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.