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Burlington Area School District

Burlington, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Jill Oelslager · #72 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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2,876

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,248

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

15.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Burlington Area School District is a public school district based in Burlington, Wisconsin, serving 2,876 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #72 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 61% of them. Its schools average 360 students each, fewer than the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Jill Oelslager. It spends about $13,248 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.8 students per teacher.

How Burlington Area compares

Burlington AreaWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,248

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

Instruction spending per student$8,431

Wisconsin median $7,657 · 10% above · FY2020-21

Students per school360

Wisconsin median 430 · 16% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.8

Wisconsin median 13.7 · 15% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor360

Wisconsin median 358 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$52.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 43%Local 49%

Measure	Burlington Area	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,248	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,431	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$70.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$52.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	182	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	359	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.8	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	360	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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Jill Oelslager

Superintendent, Burlington 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
Beaver Dam Unified School DistrictBeaver Dam	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
Burlington Area School DistrictBurlington · this district	2,876	8	$13,248	15.8	#72
Whitefish Bay School DistrictWhitefish Bay	2,861	4	$11,723	16.0	#73

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Rim of the World UnifiedCrestline, CA	2,877	$13,751	22.1
San Carlos ElementarySan Carlos, CA	2,877	$14,112	21.8
Hamtramck School District of the City ofHamtramck, MI	2,877	$12,895	14.6
Becker Public School DistrictBecker, MN	2,877	$11,801	16.3

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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