At $19,348 per pupil, Gilmanton School District ranks #41 of 423 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending (Wisconsin districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
135
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$19,348
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gilmanton School District operates 3 public schools serving 135 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Wisconsin. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary 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 Buffalo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,348 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 43 of 423 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending. See how Wisconsin compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 47.7% local, 39.2% state, and 13.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 261:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 20.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.8% White, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Gilmanton Elementary, with a diversity index of 14.4/100.
Its largest campus is Gilmanton Elementary, enrolling 52 students (41% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 3.7% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (135 to 130 students), and the student-teacher ratio widened by 0.8 students per teacher despite the decline, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,230,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 43.3% went to instruction, 33.8% to support services, and 4% to capital outlay, a fairly typical instruction/support/capital split for a public school district. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Gilmanton Elementary accounts for 38.5% of all Gilmanton School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Gilmanton 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. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Gilmanton School District student-counselor ratio is 261:1 — 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 Gilmanton School District is typically wider than the Gilmanton School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Gilmanton School District chronic absenteeism rate is 20.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Gilmanton School District is typically wider than the Gilmanton School District-aggregate figure suggests.