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Appleton Area School District

Appleton, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Greg Hartjes · #6 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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14,994

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,386

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

13.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Appleton Area School District is a public school district based in Appleton, Wisconsin, serving 14,994 students in 39 schools. By enrollment it ranks #6 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 97% of them. Its schools average 384 students each, fewer than the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Greg Hartjes. It spends about $12,386 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.9 students per teacher.

How Appleton Area compares

Appleton AreaWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,386

Wisconsin median $12,911 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,717

Wisconsin median $7,657 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school384

Wisconsin median 430 · 11% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.9

Wisconsin median 13.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor416

Wisconsin median 358 · 16% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$230.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 51%Local 40%

Measure	Appleton Area	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,386	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,717	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$213.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$230.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,075	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,032	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.9	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	416	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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Greg Hartjes

Superintendent, Appleton 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
Green Bay Area Public School DistrictGreen Bay	18,379	41	$14,312	12.8	#3
Kenosha School DistrictKenosha	18,315	33	$14,162	14.7	#4
Racine Unified School DistrictRacine	15,781	25	$15,320	13.3	#5
Appleton Area School DistrictAppleton · this district	14,994	39	$12,386	13.9	#6
Waukesha School DistrictWaukesha	10,922	27	$12,778	13.9	#7

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Central Valley School DistrictLiberty Lake, WA	15,025	$14,347	17.7
Iowa City Community School DistrictIowa City, IA	15,013	$12,543	13.8
Vail Unified District (4413)Vail, AZ	15,011	$8,499	18.6
Randolph County School SystemAsheboro, NC	14,994	$9,697	15.5

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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