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 (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
$27,987 Top per-pupil spend
$17,773 Avg across top 50
50 Districts listed The spending picture in one line
Lac Du Flambeau #1 School District spends $27,987 per student, the most of any Wisconsin district listed, against an average of $17,773 across the top 50.
$27,987 top spend (Lac Du Flambeau #1 School District)
$15,369 lowest on this list
1.8× spread across the listed districts
515 students in the top district # District Enrollment Schools Per-Pupil $ 1 Lac Du Flambeau #1 School District Lac Du Flambeau 515 1 $27,987 2 Sturgeon Bay School District Sturgeon Bay 1,065 4 $25,793 3 Mequon-Thiensville School District Mequon 3,562 6 $25,027 4 Gibraltar Area School District Fish Creek 547 3 $24,268 5 Menominee Indian School District Keshena 987 4 $22,674 6 Nicolet Union High School School District Glendale 1,089 1 $21,078 7 Three Lakes School District Three Lakes 519 4 $20,939 8 Lakeland Uhs School District Minocqua 745 2 $20,114 9 Mineral Point Unified School District Mineral Point 777 3 $19,585 10 Waterford Uhs School District Waterford 954 1 $19,571 11 Wilmot Uhs School District Wilmot 949 1 $19,026 12 Augusta School District Augusta 604 4 $18,745 13 Johnson Creek School District Johnson Creek 605 1 $18,515 14 Beloit School District Beloit 5,165 14 $18,087 15 Glendale-River Hills School District Glendale 962 2 $17,868 16 Milwaukee School District Milwaukee 67,500 156 $17,847 17 Sevastopol School District Sturgeon Bay 597 4 $17,769 18 Chequamegon School District Park Falls 679 5 $17,191 19 Madison Metropolitan School District Madison 25,237 54 $17,181 20 Omro School District Omro 1,107 4 $17,064 21 Fox Point J2 School District Milwaukee 825 2 $16,878 22 Boscobel Area School District Boscobel 703 3 $16,787 23 Northland Pines School District Eagle River 1,391 8 $16,727 24 Hillsboro School District Hillsboro 502 2 $16,727 25 Lake Geneva-Genoa City Uhs School District Lake Geneva 1,347 2 $16,688 26 Fort Atkinson School District Fort Atkinson 2,523 7 $16,624 27 Montello School District Montello 593 4 $16,539 28 Osceola School District Osceola 1,594 4 $16,468 29 Necedah Area School District Necedah 698 5 $16,449 30 Cudahy School District Cudahy 2,093 6 $16,398 31 Minocqua J1 School District Minocqua 551 2 $16,393 32 Barron Area School District Barron 1,119 6 $16,315 33 Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District Chetek 962 4 $16,215 34 Green Bay Area Public School District Green Bay 18,922 44 $16,179 35 River Ridge School District Patch Grove 524 3 $16,098 36 Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District Ontario 576 2 $16,087 37 Tri-County Area School District Plainfield 575 3 $15,993 38 Webster School District Webster 646 3 $15,855 39 La Crosse School District La Crosse 5,992 20 $15,778 40 Iowa-Grant School District Livingston 676 2 $15,716 41 Reedsville School District Reedsville 584 2 $15,667 42 Spooner Area School District Spooner 1,015 3 $15,654 43 Palmyra-Eagle Area School District Palmyra 574 3 $15,605 44 Racine Unified School District Racine 16,182 26 $15,577 45 Hurley School District Hurley 546 2 $15,561 46 Gillett School District Gillett 517 3 $15,559 47 Thorp School District Thorp 538 2 $15,526 48 Hayward Community School District Hayward 1,905 6 $15,508 49 Marshall School District Marshall 918 5 $15,370 50 Iola-Scandinavia School District Iola 571 2 $15,369
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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.
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