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Lake Mills, Wisconsin - 3 schools
An equity score of 23/100 ranks Lake Mills Area School District #357 of 403 districts in Wisconsin (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,362 per pupil, Lake Mills Area School District ranks #384 of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending (Wisconsin districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,511
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,362
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lake Mills Area School District operates 3 public schools serving 1,511 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 Jefferson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,362 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 43 of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending. See how Wisconsin compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 50.4% local, 40.5% state, and 9.1% 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 23/100, ranked #357 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (14 AP courses district-wide), a 416.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 10.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.9% White, 11.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lake Mills Elementary, with a diversity index of 28.6/100.
Its largest campus is Lake Mills Elementary, enrolling 613 students (42% of the district's total enrollment).
Lake Mills Elementary accounts for 40.6% of all Lake Mills Area School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Lake Mills Area 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.
Lake Mills Area School District student-counselor ratio is 417:1 — 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.
Lake Mills Area School District chronic absenteeism rate is 10.6% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Lake Mills Area School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Lake Mills Area School District?
Lake Mills Area School District has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,511 students.
How much does Lake Mills Area School District spend per student?
Lake Mills Area School District spends $12,362 per student. The district has an equity score of 23/100, ranking #357 in Wisconsin.
What is the demographic composition of Lake Mills Area School District?
Lake Mills Area School District students are 83.9% White, 11.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian, 0.4% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Lake Mills Area School District?
Lake Mills Area School District has an equity score of 23/100, ranking #357 out of 403 districts in Wisconsin.