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Wisconsin school systems.

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440school systems
2,118operating schools connected
802,501students in finance records
424complete 2019–2024 finance trends
0governance layers connected
What changed from 2019 to 2024?

Wisconsin school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 424 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$15,544Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation+2.0%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+25.2%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change-5.6%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems424 systems in every year
201920202021202220232024849,956802,501
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$16,459$15,719

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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Blair-Taylor School District

Blair, WI

Students
615
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,881

+18.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.2% enrollment

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Eleva-Strum School District

Strum, WI

Students
613
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$16,788

+15.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.0% enrollment

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Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District

Ontario, WI

Students
604
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$15,103

-14.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.2% enrollment

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Edgar School District

Edgar, WI

Students
598
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,488

-6.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.2% enrollment

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Reedsville School District

Reedsville, WI

Students
594
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$15,342

+2.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.9% enrollment

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Sevastopol School District

Sturgeon Bay, WI

Students
591
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$19,316

+6.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.6% enrollment

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Spencer School District

Spencer, WI

Students
586
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$14,237

+2.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.6% enrollment

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Iola-Scandinavia School District

Iola, WI

Students
584
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$16,303

+10.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.2% enrollment

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Randall J1 School District

Burlington, WI

Students
582
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$15,136

+10.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -20.5% enrollment

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Montello School District

Montello, WI

Students
576
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$19,396

+21.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.8% enrollment

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Washburn School District

Washburn, WI

Students
575
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$16,770

+0.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.5% enrollment

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Alma Center School District

Alma Center, WI

Students
573
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$16,714

+13.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.6% enrollment

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Tri-County Area School District

Plainfield, WI

Students
573
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$15,562

-1.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.2% enrollment

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Gillett School District

Gillett, WI

Students
572
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$15,760

-5.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +11.3% enrollment

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Augusta School District

Augusta, WI

Students
571
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$20,137

+16.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.5% enrollment

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Minocqua J1 School District

Minocqua, WI

Students
561
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,781

+13.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.5% enrollment

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Hurley School District

Hurley, WI

Students
560
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$13,430

-17.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.5% enrollment

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New Lisbon School District

New Lisbon, WI

Students
554
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$15,563

+5.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -16.1% enrollment

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Pittsville School District

Pittsville, WI

Students
551
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$16,203

+3.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.2% enrollment

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Wild Rose School District

Wild Rose, WI

Students
550
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$14,104

+0.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.2% enrollment

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Cochrane-Fountain City School District

Fountain City, WI

Students
544
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$13,362

-9.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.3% enrollment

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Thorp School District

Thorp, WI

Students
544
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$14,835

-35.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.6% enrollment

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Palmyra-Eagle Area School District

Palmyra, WI

Students
543
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$20,335

+18.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -29.4% enrollment

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Clear Lake School District

Clear Lake, WI

Students
541
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$15,272

+5.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.4% enrollment

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Gibraltar Area School District

Fish Creek, WI

Students
533
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$29,432

+12.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.4% enrollment

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Oakfield School District

Oakfield, WI

Students
531
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$15,002

+2.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.1% enrollment

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Southwestern Wisconsin School District

Hazel Green, WI

Students
517
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,990

-44.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.8% enrollment

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Three Lakes School District

Three Lakes, WI

Students
517
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$23,282

+9.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.4% enrollment

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Woodruff J1 School District

Arbor Vitae, WI

Students
512
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$16,367

+4.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.1% enrollment

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Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah School District

Elkhart Lake, WI

Students
511
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$16,153

-3.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +16.4% enrollment

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.