Wisconsin · NCES F-33 finance data

Highest Spending Districts in Wisconsin

The 50 Wisconsin districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2022-23). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.

$30,878
Top per-pupil spend
$18,226
Avg across top 50
50
Districts listed

The spending picture in one line

Lac Du Flambeau #1 School District spends $30,878 per student, the most of any Wisconsin district listed, against an average of $18,226 across the top 50.

$30,878
top spend (Lac Du Flambeau #1 School District)
$16,170
lowest on this list
1.9×
spread across the listed districts
515
students in the top district
#DistrictPer-Pupil $
1Lac Du Flambeau #1 School DistrictLac Du Flambeau$30,878
2Gibraltar Area School DistrictFish Creek$26,384
3Menominee Indian School DistrictKeshena$22,558
4Lakeland Uhs School DistrictMinocqua$21,974
5Nicolet Union High School School DistrictGlendale$21,677
6Waterford Uhs School DistrictWaterford$21,671
7Bristol #1 School DistrictBristol$21,531
8Three Lakes School DistrictThree Lakes$21,272
9Reedsville School DistrictReedsville$20,334
10Glendale-River Hills School DistrictGlendale$19,872
11Boscobel Area School DistrictBoscobel$19,778
12Sevastopol School DistrictSturgeon Bay$19,194
13Augusta School DistrictAugusta$18,882
14Milwaukee School DistrictMilwaukee$18,815
15Hillsboro School DistrictHillsboro$17,984
16Sturgeon Bay School DistrictSturgeon Bay$17,877
17Fox Point J2 School DistrictMilwaukee$17,777
18Beloit School DistrictBeloit$17,667
19Lake Geneva-Genoa City Uhs School DistrictLake Geneva$17,564
20Palmyra-Eagle Area School DistrictPalmyra$17,521
21Chequamegon School DistrictPark Falls$17,499
22Montello School DistrictMontello$17,486
23Madison Metropolitan School DistrictMadison$17,411
24Rhinelander School DistrictRhinelander$17,312
25Cedar Grove-Belgium Area School DistrictCedar Grove$17,304
26Northland Pines School DistrictEagle River$17,227
27Wilmot Uhs School DistrictWilmot$17,157
28Fort Atkinson School DistrictFort Atkinson$17,065
29Barron Area School DistrictBarron$16,880
30Iola-Scandinavia School DistrictIola$16,811
31Johnson Creek School DistrictJohnson Creek$16,676
32Minocqua J1 School DistrictMinocqua$16,610
33Columbus School DistrictColumbus$16,572
34Marshall School DistrictMarshall$16,572
35River Valley School DistrictSpring Green$16,516
36Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School DistrictOntario$16,495
37Wisconsin Heights School DistrictMazomanie$16,461
38Iowa-Grant School DistrictLivingston$16,453
39New Lisbon School DistrictNew Lisbon$16,443
40Cudahy School DistrictCudahy$16,434
41River Ridge School DistrictPatch Grove$16,365
42Richland School DistrictRichland Center$16,365
43Black River Falls School DistrictBlack River Falls$16,316
44Dodgeville School DistrictDodgeville$16,316
45Adams-Friendship Area School DistrictFriendship$16,308
46Monona Grove School DistrictMonona$16,263
47Gillett School DistrictGillett$16,219
48Prairie Du Chien Area School DistrictPrairie Du Chien$16,211
49Pittsville School DistrictPittsville$16,174
50Webster School DistrictWebster$16,170

Methodology

Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with 500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.

Per-pupil spending figures come from the National Center for Education Statistics F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2022-23, the federal government's annual census of revenues and expenditures across more than 13,000 public school districts. Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are ranked, to keep small-district outliers from distorting the comparison.