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Ashland School District

Ashland, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Robert Prater · #111 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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1,784

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,400

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 12% above the Wisconsin median

13.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Ashland School District is a public school district based in Ashland, Wisconsin, serving 1,784 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #111 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 40% of them. Its schools average 446 students each, about the same as the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Robert Prater. It spends about $14,400 per student on day-to-day operations, 12% more than the Wisconsin median. It has roughly 13.7 students per teacher.

How Ashland compares

AshlandWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,400

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

Instruction spending per student$7,438

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

Students per school446

Wisconsin median 430 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.7

Wisconsin median 13.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor297

Wisconsin median 358 · 17% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$33.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 11%State 66%Local 23%

Measure	Ashland	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,400	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,438	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$32.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$33.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	130	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	237	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.7	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	297	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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Robert Prater

Superintendent, Ashland 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
Kewaskum School DistrictKewaskum	1,803	4	$12,045	15.5	#109
Wisconsin Dells School DistrictWisconsin Dells	1,790	4	$12,795	13.6	#110
Ashland School DistrictAshland · this district	1,784	4	$14,400	13.7	#111
Altoona School DistrictAltoona	1,778	4	$12,095	12.8	#112
Seymour Community School DistrictSeymour	1,772	4	$13,321	12.9	#113

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Nashville School DistrictNashville, AR	1,786	$10,627	11.8
Mount Airy City SchoolsMount Airy, NC	1,786	$11,205	14.6
PaolaPaola, KS	1,785	$22,931	13.6
Chippewa Hills School DistrictRemus, MI	1,785	$11,172	18.2

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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