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Mercer School District is located in north Wisconsin. Mercer School District has 168.31 square miles of land area and 16.43 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Mercer School District population is 1,354. Mercer School District median household income is $38,352 in 2010-2014. Mercer School District median house value is $186,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Mercer School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (198 out of 376, bottom 47%) Elementary/Middle School: (74 out of 412, top 18%)* Rank: #158
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	1,354 (2010-2014), rank #409
Population Growth	-25.52% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	7.33/sq mi, rank #413
Median Household Income:	$38,352 at 2010-2014—16.33% increase since 2005-2009, rank #410
Median House Price:	$186,500 at 2010-2014—7.55% increase since 2005-2009, rank #122
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	168.31 sq mi, rank #100
Water Area:	16.43 sq mi (8.90%), rank #37
State:	Wisconsin
County:	Iron County
City:	Mercer, Manitowish Waters, Butternut
Zip:	54547, 54545, 54514

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Mercer School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

2690 West Margaret St

Mercer WI, 54547, Iron County

Phone: 715-476-2154

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	138	142	135	122	137	158	158
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	2	2	2	2	2
Total Teachers:	19.50	18.95	17.63	18.43	20.27	20.50	19.40
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.40	1.00
Kindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Elementary:	6.50	6.50	6.50	5.50	6.00	6.00	5.50
Secondary:	7.20	7.45	7.28	7.03	8.37	8.20	8.00
Ungraded:	4.80	4.00	2.85	4.90	4.90	4.90	4.90
Total Other Staff:	11.10	10.89	10.14	10.65	9.09	9.00	9.30
Instructional Aides:	2.50	2.50	1.50	1.60	0.60	0.60	1.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
District Administrators:	0.55	0.55	0.80	0.73	0.65	0.60	0.60
District Administrative Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	0.50	0.50	0.25	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrative Support:	2.00	2.00	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50
Student Support Services:	0.65	0.44	1.19	0.98	0.50	0.50	0.30
Other Support Services:	2.90	2.90	2.90	2.84	2.84	2.80	2.90
Student-Teacher Ratio:	7.08	7.49	7.66	6.62	6.76	7.71	8.14

Schools

Mercer School

Prekindergarten to Grade 12

2690 West Margaret St, Mercer WI 54547

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
WKCE Test
2004	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	86%	67%
2005	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	61%	69%
2008	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	90%	73%
2009	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	50%	73%
2011	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	100%	74%
2004	Math	10th Grade	% met std	95%	69%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	66%	71%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	90%	72%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	60%	72%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	57%	74%
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	91%	69%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83%	74%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90%	76%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	50%	77%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86%	77%
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	91%	70%
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	78%	70%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	90%	75%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	50%	74%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	86%	76%
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	86%	73%
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	72%	73%
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	80%	79%
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	50%	78%
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	85%	82%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	71%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	75%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	78%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	77%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	101%	75%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	78%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	50%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	79%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	81%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	80%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	81%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	81%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	81%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	35%
2005	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	87%	78%
2006	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	101%	78%
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	100%	77%
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	88%	78%
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	71%	78%
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	78%	77%
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	100%	78%
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	62%	77%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67%	71%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	100%	72%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82%	78%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	101%	82%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71%	81%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66%	81%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89%	81%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	15%	50%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	81%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	101%	81%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	100%	82%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	101%	83%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71%	83%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89%	84%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	100%	83%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	8%	33%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80%	78%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	100%	77%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	100%	77%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88%	77%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86%	79%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89%	79%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	100%	79%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84%	79%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	93%	91%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	100%	91%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	100%	92%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	100%	92%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	100%	93%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	89%	92%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	100%	93%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	92%	92%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	101%	77%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73%	79%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88%	79%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72%	80%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90%	81%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	25%	52%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92%	82%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	101%	85%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90%	82%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77%	81%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	100%	85%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	81%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42%	36%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90%	75%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	100%	77%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	100%	77%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80%	79%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66%	81%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50%	79%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	40%	54%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	100%	84%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	100%	86%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	100%	84%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90%	84%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89%	87%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	100%	84%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	20%	35%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80%	73%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88%	80%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	100%	82%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75%	80%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89%	82%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	17%	49%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94%	83%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90%	86%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	101%	87%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	100%	87%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88%	87%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89%	86%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	33%	38%
2004	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	72%	67%
2005	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	71%	64%
2006	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	90%	65%
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	60%	64%
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	63%	65%
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	75%	66%
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	100%	63%
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	76%	66%
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	88%	61%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	95%	65%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65%	72%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	100%	73%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60%	78%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73%	80%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	100%	80%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	100%	80%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63%	81%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	22%	46%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95%	79%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82%	84%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	100%	83%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80%	86%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82%	86%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	101%	85%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	100%	88%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	85%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	44%	42%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86%	69%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82%	73%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80%	73%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	90%	76%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	91%	78%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	101%	82%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	100%	79%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88%	82%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	100%	79%
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	95%	84%
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	83%	83%
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	90%	83%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	80%	83%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	90%	83%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	101%	82%
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	100%	83%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	88%	82%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	100%	83%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$2,843,000	$21,059		$2,628,000	$21,541		$2,702,000	$19,723
Federal:	$199,000	$1,474	7.0%	$214,000	$1,754	8.1%	$384,000	$2,803	14.2%
State:	$254,000	$1,881	8.9%	$258,000	$2,115	9.8%	$128,000	$934	4.7%
Local:	$2,390,000	$17,704	84.1%	$2,156,000	$17,672	82.0%	$2,190,000	$15,985	81.1%
Total Expenditures:	$2,728,000	$20,207		$2,770,000	$22,705		$2,828,000	$20,642
Total Current Expenditures:	$2,306,000	$17,081		$2,453,000	$20,107		$2,567,000	$18,737
Instructional Expenditures:	$1,336,000	$9,896	57.9%	$1,447,000	$11,861	59.0%	$1,571,000	$11,467	61.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$144,000	$1,067	6.2%	$152,000	$1,246	6.2%	$137,000	$1,000	5.3%
Administration:	$323,000	$2,393	14.0%	$398,000	$3,262	16.2%	$423,000	$3,088	16.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$503,000	$3,726	21.8%	$456,000	$3,738	18.6%	$436,000	$3,182	17.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$108,000	$800		$15,000	$123		$28,000	$204
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$13,000	$95
Total Other:	$109,000	$807		$8,000	$66		$3,000	$22
Interest on Debt:	$12,000	$89		$14,000	$115		$16,000	$117

Total Salary:	$1,194,000	$8,844		$1,211,000	$9,926		$1,217,000	$8,883
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$822,000	$6,089	68.8%	$834,000	$6,836	68.9%	$859,000	$6,270	70.6%
Other Salary:	$372,000	$2,756	31.2%	$377,000	$3,090	31.1%	$358,000	$2,613	29.4%
Total Benefit:	$554,000	$4,104		$668,000	$5,475		$700,000	$5,109
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$401,000	$2,970	72.4%	$497,000	$4,074	74.4%	$505,000	$3,686	72.1%
Other Benefit:	$153,000	$1,133	27.6%	$171,000	$1,402	25.6%	$195,000	$1,423	27.9%

* Mercer School District was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.