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Spencer, Wisconsin - 2 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Spencer School District #219 of 403 districts in Wisconsin (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,246 per pupil, Spencer School District ranks #388 of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending (Wisconsin districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Spencer School District operates 2 public schools serving 611 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 Marathon County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,246 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 29.5% local, 49.9% state, and 20.6% 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 47/100, ranked #219 of 403 in Wisconsin against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 399.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 15.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.9% White, 7.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Spencer Junior High/High, enrolling 329 students (53% of the district's total enrollment).
Spencer Junior High/High accounts for 53.2% of all Spencer School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Spencer School District a distant remainder — means Spencer 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.
Spencer School District student-counselor ratio is 400:1 — 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.
Spencer School District chronic absenteeism rate is 15.7% — 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 Spencer School District is typically wider than the Spencer School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Spencer School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 611 students.
How much does Spencer School District spend per student?
Spencer School District spends $12,246 per student. The district has an equity score of 47/100, ranking #219 in Wisconsin.
What is the demographic composition of Spencer School District?
Spencer School District students are 88.9% White, 7.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Spencer School District?
Spencer School District has an equity score of 47/100, ranking #219 out of 403 districts in Wisconsin.