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Beaver Dam Unified School District

Beaver Dam, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Mark DiStefano · #69 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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3,000

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,788

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

13.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Beaver Dam Unified School District is a public school district based in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, serving 3,000 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #69 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 63% of them. Its schools average 375 students each, fewer than the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Mark DiStefano. It spends about $12,788 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.5 students per teacher.

How Beaver Dam compares

Beaver DamWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,788

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

Instruction spending per student$7,336

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

Students per school375

Wisconsin median 430 · 13% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.5

Wisconsin median 13.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor429

Wisconsin median 358 · 20% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$53.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 56%Local 37%

Measure	Beaver Dam	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,788	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,336	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$51.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$53.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	222	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	465	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.5	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	429	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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Mark DiStefano

Superintendent, Beaver Dam Unified 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
Watertown Unified School DistrictWatertown	3,076	10	$13,237	13.6	#67
Tomah Area School DistrictTomah	3,046	12	$12,121	13.6	#68
Beaver Dam Unified School DistrictBeaver Dam · this district	3,000	8	$12,788	13.5	#69
Onalaska School DistrictOnalaska	2,920	6	$12,786	13.8	#70
Pewaukee School DistrictPewaukee	2,907	4	$12,310	15.4	#71

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Hickman CountyCenterville, TN	3,001	$10,557	n/a
Great BendGreat Bend, KS	2,999	$14,481	12.7
Starpoint Central School DistrictLockport, NY	2,999	$16,461	13.0
Noble Public SchoolsNoble, OK	2,998	$8,881	16.5

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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