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Medford, Wisconsin - 5 schools
An equity score of 26/100 ranks Medford Area Public School District #341 of 403 districts in Wisconsin (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,253 per pupil, Medford Area Public School District ranks #386 of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending (Wisconsin districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,150
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$12,253
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Medford Area Public School District operates 5 public schools serving 3,150 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Wisconsin. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Taylor County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,253 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 44.3% local, 45.1% state, and 10.6% 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 26/100, ranked #341 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 2 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 865.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 15.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.4% White, 7.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Rural Virtual Academy, with a diversity index of 27.3/100.
Its largest campus is Rural Virtual Academy, enrolling 2,259 students (53% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Stetsonville Elementary, at 203 students, a 11x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Rural Virtual Academy accounts for 52.8% of all Medford Area Public School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Medford Area Public School District a distant remainder — means Medford Area Public 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.
Medford Area Public School District school enrollment varies 11× across entities
Medford Area Public School District school enrollment ranges from 203 students (lowest) to 2,259 students (highest), a spread of 2,056 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Medford Area Public School District student-counselor ratio is 866:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Medford Area Public School District chronic absenteeism rate is 15.3% — 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 Medford Area Public School District is typically wider than the Medford Area Public School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Medford Area Public 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 Medford Area Public School District?
Medford Area Public School District has 5 schools, including 3 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 3,150 students.
How much does Medford Area Public School District spend per student?
Medford Area Public School District spends $12,253 per student. The district has an equity score of 26/100, ranking #341 in Wisconsin.
What is the demographic composition of Medford Area Public School District?
Medford Area Public School District students are 88.4% White, 7.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Medford Area Public School District?
Medford Area Public School District has an equity score of 26/100, ranking #341 out of 403 districts in Wisconsin.