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Elcho, Wisconsin - 3 schools
An equity score of 62/100 ranks Elcho School District #136 of 403 districts in Wisconsin (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,668 per pupil, Elcho School District ranks #75 of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending (Wisconsin districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
272
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,668
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Elcho School District operates 3 public schools serving 272 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Wisconsin. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Langlade County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,668 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 79.7% local, 10.7% state, and 9.6% 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 62/100, ranked #136 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 251.1:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 51.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.9% White, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Elcho Elementary, with a diversity index of 19.0/100.
Its largest campus is Elcho Elementary, enrolling 127 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Elcho Elementary accounts for 46.7% of all Elcho School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Elcho School District a distant remainder — means Elcho 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.
Elcho School District school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities
Elcho School District school enrollment ranges from 48 students (lowest) to 127 students (highest), a spread of 79 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Elcho School District student-counselor ratio is 251:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Elcho School District is typically wider than the Elcho School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Elcho School District chronic absenteeism rate is 51.1% — 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.