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Balsam Lake, Wisconsin - 3 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Unity School District #191 of 403 districts in Wisconsin (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,880 per pupil, Unity School District ranks #158 of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending (Wisconsin districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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Schools
$14,880
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Unity School District operates 3 public schools serving 954 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 Polk County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,880 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending. See how Wisconsin compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 69.8% local, 18.6% state, and 11.6% 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 52/100, ranked #191 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 238:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 24.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.6% White, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Unity High, with a diversity index of 32.0/100.
Its largest campus is Unity Elementary, enrolling 385 students (42% of the district's total enrollment).
Unity Elementary accounts for 40.4% of all Unity School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Unity 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.
Unity School District student-counselor ratio is 238:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Unity School District chronic absenteeism rate is 24.4% — 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 Unity School District is typically wider than the Unity School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Unity School District has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 954 students.
How much does Unity School District spend per student?
Unity School District spends $14,880 per student. The district has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #191 in Wisconsin.
What is the demographic composition of Unity School District?
Unity School District students are 84.6% White, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Unity School District?
Unity School District has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #191 out of 403 districts in Wisconsin.