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Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District

Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Bradford Saron · #37 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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4,574

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,289

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

15.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District is a public school district based in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, serving 4,574 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #37 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 80% of them. Its schools average 508 students each, more than the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Bradford Saron. It spends about $13,289 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.2 students per teacher.

How Chippewa Falls Area compares

Chippewa Falls AreaWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,289

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

Instruction spending per student$8,011

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

Students per school508

Wisconsin median 430 · 18% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.2

Wisconsin median 13.7 · 11% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor327

Wisconsin median 358 · 9% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$74.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 51%Local 42%

Measure	Chippewa Falls Area	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,289	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,011	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$82.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$74.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	300	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	592	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.2	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	327	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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Bradford Saron

Superintendent, Chippewa Falls Area 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
Franklin Public School DistrictFranklin	4,666	8	$12,687	15.1	#34
Muskego-Norway School DistrictMuskego	4,602	6	$12,247	15.1	#35
Wisconsin Rapids School DistrictWisconsin Rapids	4,578	12	$13,548	14.0	#36
Chippewa Falls Area Unified School DistrictChippewa Falls · this district	4,574	9	$13,289	15.2	#37
De Pere School DistrictDe Pere	4,485	6	$11,056	15.1	#38

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Santa Paula UnifiedSanta Paula, CA	4,575	$15,290	21.0
WestfordWestford, MA	4,575	$17,473	13.2
Florence CityFlorence, AL	4,574	$12,400	15.9
Byron Center Public SchoolsByron Center, MI	4,572	$11,086	20.1

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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