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Bayfield, Wisconsin - 4 schools
An equity score of 82/100 ranks Bayfield School District #22 of 403 districts in Wisconsin (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $32,592 per pupil, Bayfield School District ranks #1 of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending (Wisconsin districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
426
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$32,592
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bayfield School District operates 4 public schools serving 426 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Wisconsin. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Bayfield County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $32,592 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 43 of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending. See how Wisconsin compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 53.7% local, 13.6% state, and 32.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 82/100, ranked #22 of 403 in Wisconsin against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 187.9:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 44.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 28.6% White, 6.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bayfield Elementary, with a diversity index of 54.5/100.
Its largest campus is Bayfield Elementary, enrolling 189 students (46% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is La Pointe Elementary, at 11 students, a 17x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Bayfield Elementary accounts for 44.4% of all Bayfield School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Bayfield School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Bayfield School District school enrollment varies 17× across entities
Bayfield School District school enrollment ranges from 11 students (lowest) to 189 students (highest), a spread of 178 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Bayfield School District student-counselor ratio is 188:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Bayfield School District chronic absenteeism rate is 44.1% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement 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.
Bayfield School District has 4 schools, including 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 426 students.
How much does Bayfield School District spend per student?
Bayfield School District spends $32,592 per student. The district has an equity score of 82/100, ranking #22 in Wisconsin.
What is the demographic composition of Bayfield School District?
Bayfield School District students are 28.6% White, 6.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% African American, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Bayfield School District?
Bayfield School District has an equity score of 82/100, ranking #22 out of 403 districts in Wisconsin.