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Denmark, Wisconsin - 5 schools
An equity score of 30/100 ranks Denmark School District #321 of 403 districts in Wisconsin (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,934 per pupil, Denmark School District ranks #330 of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending (Wisconsin districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,622
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$12,934
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Denmark School District operates 5 public schools serving 1,622 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Wisconsin. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 elementary, 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 Brown County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,934 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending. See how Wisconsin compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 41.4% local, 47.7% state, and 11.0% 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 30/100, ranked #321 of 403 in Wisconsin against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 390.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 8.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.3% White, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Denmark Middle, with a diversity index of 22.9/100.
Its largest campus is Denmark Elementary, enrolling 778 students (43% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Viking Academy, at 26 students, a 30x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Denmark Elementary accounts for 42.6% of all Denmark School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Denmark School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Denmark School District school enrollment varies 30× across entities
Denmark School District school enrollment ranges from 26 students (lowest) to 778 students (highest), a spread of 752 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Denmark 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.
Denmark School District chronic absenteeism rate is 8.4% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Denmark School District has 5 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 2 combined. Total enrollment is 1,622 students.
How much does Denmark School District spend per student?
Denmark School District spends $12,934 per student. The district has an equity score of 30/100, ranking #321 in Wisconsin.
What is the demographic composition of Denmark School District?
Denmark School District students are 91.3% White, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Denmark School District?
Denmark School District has an equity score of 30/100, ranking #321 out of 403 districts in Wisconsin.