DOC: Lincoln Hills/Copper Lake School
Irma · WI · Wisconsin Department of Corrections · Public · K-12 combined
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Copper Lake School → Ntc Christian Academy → Merrill High → Merrill Adult Diploma Academy → Tomahawk High → Elcho High → Enrich Excel Achieve Learning Academy → East High →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 4% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How DOC: Lincoln Hills/Copper Lake School compares for families
What families should know about DOC: Lincoln Hills/Copper Lake School.
- ▸ LocallyWI students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Copper Lake School, Ntc Christian Academy, Merrill High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 4% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -6.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 38 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Lake School Irma |
Public | 0.0 | 14 | — |
| Ntc Christian Academy Merrill |
Private | 8.4 | 30 | — |
| Merrill High Merrill |
Public | 9.5 | 756 | -4.8% |
| Merrill Adult Diploma Academy Merrill |
Public · charter | 10.3 | 31 | — |
| Tomahawk High Tomahawk |
Public | 11.0 | 371 | -1.1% |
| Elcho High Elcho |
Public | 23.4 | 68 | -21.8% |
| Enrich Excel Achieve Learning Academy Wausau |
Public · charter | 24.0 | 29 | — |
| East High Wausau |
Public | 24.0 | 893 | -7.2% |