Merrill Adult Diploma Academy
Merrill · WI · Merrill Area School District · Public charter
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Merrill High → Ntc Christian Academy → DOC: Lincoln Hills/Copper Lake School → Copper Lake School → West High → Enrich Excel Achieve Learning Academy → East High → Newman Catholic High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 11% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 69% (Bottom 14% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Merrill Adult Diploma Academy compares for families
What families should know about Merrill Adult Diploma Academy.
- ▸ LocallyWI students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Merrill High, Ntc Christian Academy, DOC: Lincoln Hills/Copper Lake School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 11% 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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 14% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 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.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +4.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 31 students:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrill High Merrill |
Public | 0.9 | 756 | -4.8% |
| Ntc Christian Academy Merrill |
Private | 1.9 | 30 | — |
| DOC: Lincoln Hills/Copper Lake School Irma |
Public | 10.3 | 38 | — |
| Copper Lake School Irma |
Public | 10.3 | 14 | — |
| West High Wausau |
Public | 14.4 | 1,470 | -0.9% |
| Enrich Excel Achieve Learning Academy Wausau |
Public · charter | 14.5 | 29 | — |
| East High Wausau |
Public | 14.5 | 893 | -7.2% |
| Newman Catholic High School Wausau |
Private | 14.7 | 241 | +84.0% |