NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools WI

Best-Resourced Schools in Mauston, WI

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7 public K-12 schools in Mauston from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
1,349
Students
35/100
Avg Resource Index
26.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Mauston has more public-school enrollment than 4% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Mauston's 7 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Mauston's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Governance mix is central to a fair comparison

3 of 7 listed Mauston campuses are reported as charters, so district-run and charter records occupy substantial shares of the same city view. They may follow different governance, enrollment, and program structures even when their mailing city matches. The 44-point gap between West Side Elementary and Lemonweir Academy should be read within that context, not as a single-system league table. Check charter status and district affiliation before comparing two nearby schools, and verify current admissions rules with the operator.

City enrollment
Top 96%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
25th percentile
Teacher staffing
1st percentile

Mauston High accounts for 27.1% of all Mauston public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Mauston-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Mauston school enrollment varies 5.6× across entities

Mauston school enrollment ranges from 65 students (lowest) to 365 students (highest), a spread of 300 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Mauston operates one school district — a single-district system

Mauston's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Mauston student-teacher ratio is 26.9:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

3 of Mauston's 7 listed schools are charters

43% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. West Side Elementary 44
2. Grayside Elementary 44
3. Mauston High 42
4. Ilead Charter Sch 41
5. Olson Middle 37
6. Mauston Montessori Charter School 37
7. Lemonweir Academy -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Mauston

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Ilead Charter Sch 38.3/100
  2. 2 Mauston Montessori Charter School 35.9/100
  3. 3 Olson Middle 32.4/100
  4. 4 Mauston High 29.8/100
  5. 5 West Side Elementary 26.6/100

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Which Mauston school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

West Side Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Mauston schools in this federal-data comparison at 44/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Mauston, WI? ▼

Mauston has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,349 students. 3 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 26.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.