By the Numbers: Menomonee Falls Boasts Top-3 Graduation Rate in 2015

MENOMONEE FALLS -- Wisconsin had 57,698 students graduate from high school with a regular diploma in 2015, a graduation rate of 88.4 percent that bests the national rate of 82.3 percent.

The Menomonee Falls school district saw 390 students earn their high school diploma in 2015, with a graduation rate of 98 percent - easily one of the highest in the state and 0.3 percent off the leading district, Nicolet.

In addition, Menomonee Falls is the only school district in the metro Milwaukee area to graduate all of their Black and Hispanic students.

Menomonee Falls - By the Numbers
2015: 98.0% (390 students)
American Indian none
Asian 94.4 % (17 students)
Black 100% (43 students)
Hispanic 100% (19 students)
White 97.8% (305 students)

See how the Menomonee Falls School District stacks up to neighboring school districts and their 2015 graduation rates:

All Students

1. 98.3% New Berlin
2. 98.1% Nicolet
3. 98.0% Menomonee Falls
4. 97.7% Greendale
5. 97.6% Mequon-Thiensville
6. 97.3% South Milwaukee
7. 97.2% Hudson
8. 97.0% Shorewood
9. 96.9% Oak Creek-Franklin
10. 96.8% Whitnall
11. 96.7% Sussex-Hamilton
12. 96.6% Elmbrook
13. 96.2% Port Washington-Saukville
14. 95.8% Muskego-Norway
15. 95.2% Brown Deer
16. 95.1% Germantown
17. 93.5% Wauwatosa
18. 93.3% Cudahy
19. 93.3% Whitefish Bay
20. 91.9% St. Francis
21. 86.% Greenfield
22. 84.0% Waukesha
23. 74.3% Racine
24. 58.2% Milwaukee

Menomonee Falls ranks at the head of the class when graduating black students in 2015:

Black Students

1. 100% (43 students) Menomonee Falls
2. 100% (31 students) Shorewood
3. 100% (9 students) Hudson
4. 95.2% (40 students) Nicolet
5. 93.4% (71 students) Brown Deer
6. 93.8% (30 students) Whitefish Bay
7. 93.0% (40 students) Oak Creek-Franklin
8. 92.9% (26 students) Mequon-Thiensville
9. 92.2% (95 students) Wauwatosa
10. 90.0% (27 students) Elmbrook
11. 85.7% (12 students) Germantown
12. 81.3% (13 students) St. Franics
13. 70.3% (45 students) Waukesha
14. 63.0% (262 students) Racine
15. 54.7% (1801 students) Milwaukee

As we mentioned earlier, Menomonee Falls also ranks at the head of the class when graduating hispanic students in 2015:

Hispanic Students

1. 100% (19 students) Menomonee Falls
2. 100% (10 students) Sussex-Hamilton
3. 100% (9 students) Germantown
4. 100% (8 students) Brown Deer
5. 98.6% (71 students) Oak Creek-Franklin
6. 97.2% (35 students) St. Francis
7. 95.2% (20 students) Whitnall
8. 93.8% (30 students) South Milwaukee
9. 93.3% (14 students) Greendale
10. 92.3% (12 students) Muskego
11. 92.3% (12 students) Whitefish Bay
12. 90.9% (20 students) Elmbrook
13. 86.2% (25 students) Cudahy
14. 83.8% (57 students) Greenfield
15. 82.4% (28 students) Wauwatosa
16. 77.8% (7 students) Port Washington-Saukville
17. 77.6% (125 students) Waukesha
18. 67.9% (243 students) Racine
19. 58.7% (639 students) Milwaukee