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Adams-Friendship Area School District

Friendship, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Nicki Ells · #152 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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1,270

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$15,109

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 17% above the Wisconsin median

10.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Adams-Friendship Area School District is a public school district based in Friendship, Wisconsin, serving 1,270 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #152 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 18% of them. Its schools average 423 students each, about the same as the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Nicki Ells. It spends about $15,109 per student on day-to-day operations, 17% more than the Wisconsin median. It has roughly 10.8 students per teacher.

How Adams-Friendship Area compares

Adams-Friendship AreaWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$15,109

Wisconsin median $12,911 · 17% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$8,327

Wisconsin median $7,657 · 9% above · FY2020-21

Students per school423

Wisconsin median 430 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.8

Wisconsin median 13.7 · 21% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor318

Wisconsin median 358 · 11% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$25.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 16%State 32%Local 52%

Measure	Adams-Friendship Area	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$15,109	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,327	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$22.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$25.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	118	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	213	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.8	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	318	358	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Wisconsin median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Nicki Ells

Superintendent, Adams-Friendship Area School District

Source: Wisconsin DPI, School Directory, checked 2026-10-05. Report a change

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Peer districts in Wisconsin

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Bloomer School DistrictBloomer	1,285	3	$11,781	14.0	#149
Lake Geneva-Genoa City UHS School DistrictLake Geneva	1,271	2	$15,481	16.1	#150
Maple School DistrictMaple	1,271	4	$12,836	16.5	#151
Adams-Friendship Area School DistrictFriendship · this district	1,270	3	$15,109	10.8	#152
Amery School DistrictAmery	1,252	4	$14,059	11.2	#153

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Wilsona ElementaryPalmdale, CA	1,271	$15,629	22.3
Penns Valley Area School DistrictSpring Mills, PA	1,271	$17,641	13.4
Slaton ISDSlaton, TX	1,271	$13,799	12.8
Toltec School District (4450)Eloy, AZ	1,270	$9,587	13.4

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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