An equity score of 48/100 ranks Brown Deer School District #218 of 403 districts in Wisconsin (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,213 per pupil, Brown Deer School District ranks #248 of 423 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending (Wisconsin districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,655
Total Enrollment
2
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$14,213
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Brown Deer School District operates 2 public schools serving 1,655 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Wisconsin. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined 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 Milwaukee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,213 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 423 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending. See how Wisconsin compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 43.1% local, 47.0% state, and 9.9% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 48/100, ranked #218 of 403 in Wisconsin against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), and 50.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.3% African American, 16.0% Asian, 12.2% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Brown Deer Middle/High, enrolling 904 students (56% of the district's total enrollment).
Brown Deer Middle/High accounts for 54.6% of all Brown Deer School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Brown Deer School District a distant remainder — means Brown Deer School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Brown Deer School District chronic absenteeism rate is 50.4% — 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.
How many schools are in Brown Deer School District?
Brown Deer School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 1,655 students.
How much does Brown Deer School District spend per student?
Brown Deer School District spends $14,213 per student. The district has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #218 in Wisconsin.
What is the demographic composition of Brown Deer School District?
Brown Deer School District students are 54.3% African American, 16.0% Asian, 12.2% White, 7.5% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Brown Deer School District?
Brown Deer School District has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #218 out of 403 districts in Wisconsin.