At $23,323 per pupil, South Shore School District ranks #14 of 423 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending (Wisconsin districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
198
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$23,323
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
South Shore School District operates 2 public schools serving 198 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Wisconsin. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined 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 Bayfield County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,323 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 77.5% local, 12.7% state, and 9.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 850:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.3% White, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is South Shore Elementary, enrolling 102 students (53% of the district's total enrollment).
South Shore Elementary accounts for 51.5% of all South Shore School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of South Shore School District a distant remainder — means South Shore 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. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
South Shore School District student-counselor ratio is 850:1 — 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.
South Shore School District chronic absenteeism rate is 19.1% — 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 South Shore School District is typically wider than the South Shore School District-aggregate figure suggests.
How many schools are in South Shore School District?
South Shore School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 198 students.
How much does South Shore School District spend per student?
South Shore School District spends $23,323 per student.
What is the demographic composition of South Shore School District?
South Shore School District students are 88.3% White, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.