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Stevens Point, Wisconsin - 17 schools
An equity score of 53/100 ranks Stevens Point Area Public School District #182 of 403 districts in Wisconsin (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,921 per pupil, Stevens Point Area Public School District ranks #238 of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending (Wisconsin districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
7,025
Total Enrollment
17
Schools
$13,921
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Stevens Point Area Public School District operates 17 public schools serving 7,025 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Wisconsin. The school portfolio breaks down into 9 elementary, 6 combined, 2 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Portage County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,921 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending. See how Wisconsin compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 41.3% local, 47.3% state, and 11.4% 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 53/100, ranked #182 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 3 of 17 schools offering Advanced Placement (21 AP courses district-wide), a 413.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.2% White, 9.3% Hispanic or Latino, 5.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Charles F Fernandez Center Alt Learning, with a diversity index of 54.3/100.
Its largest campus is Stevens Point Area Senior High, enrolling 1,478 students (21% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Juvenile Detention, at 8 students, a 185x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Stevens Point Area Senior High accounts for 21.0% of all Stevens Point Area Public School District student enrollment
That concentration means Stevens Point Area Public School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Stevens Point Area Public School District school enrollment varies 185× across entities
Stevens Point Area Public School District school enrollment ranges from 8 students (lowest) to 1,478 students (highest), a spread of 1,470 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Stevens Point Area Public School District student-counselor ratio is 414:1 — 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.
Stevens Point Area Public School District chronic absenteeism rate is 20.7% — 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 Stevens Point Area Public School District is typically wider than the Stevens Point Area Public School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Stevens Point 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 Stevens Point Area Public School District?
Stevens Point Area Public School District has 17 schools, including 2 high, 6 combined, 9 elementary. Total enrollment is 7,025 students.
How much does Stevens Point Area Public School District spend per student?
Stevens Point Area Public School District spends $13,921 per student. The district has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #182 in Wisconsin.
What is the demographic composition of Stevens Point Area Public School District?
Stevens Point Area Public School District students are 75.2% White, 9.3% Hispanic or Latino, 5.7% Asian, 4.6% African American, averaged across 17 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Stevens Point Area Public School District?
Stevens Point Area Public School District has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #182 out of 403 districts in Wisconsin.