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Cashton, Wisconsin - 2 schools
An equity score of 70/100 ranks Cashton School District #79 of 403 districts in Wisconsin (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,267 per pupil, Cashton School District ranks #207 of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending (Wisconsin districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
625
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$14,267
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cashton School District operates 2 public schools serving 625 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 Monroe County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,267 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending. See how Wisconsin compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 27.3% local, 50.5% state, and 22.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 70/100, ranked #79 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (21 AP courses district-wide), a 391.1:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.0% White, 10.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Cashton Middle/High, enrolling 313 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Cashton Middle/High accounts for 50.1% of all Cashton School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Cashton School District a distant remainder — means Cashton 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.
Cashton School District student-counselor ratio is 391:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Cashton School District chronic absenteeism rate is 14.4% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Cashton School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 625 students.
How much does Cashton School District spend per student?
Cashton School District spends $14,267 per student. The district has an equity score of 70/100, ranking #79 in Wisconsin.
What is the demographic composition of Cashton School District?
Cashton School District students are 88.0% White, 10.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Cashton School District?
Cashton School District has an equity score of 70/100, ranking #79 out of 403 districts in Wisconsin.