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Eau Claire Area School District

Eau Claire, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Michael Johnson · #8 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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10,687

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,145

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

13.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Eau Claire Area School District is a public school district based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, serving 10,687 students in 23 schools. By enrollment it ranks #8 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 96% of them. Its schools average 465 students each, about the same as the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Michael Johnson. It spends about $13,145 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.5 students per teacher.

How Eau Claire Area compares

Eau Claire AreaWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,145

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

Instruction spending per student$8,342

Wisconsin median $7,657 · 9% above · FY2020-21

Students per school465

Wisconsin median 430 · 8% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.5

Wisconsin median 13.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor254

Wisconsin median 358 · 29% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$168.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 50%Local 42%

Measure	Eau Claire Area	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,145	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,342	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$159.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$168.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	794	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,689	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.5	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	254	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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Michael Johnson

Superintendent, Eau Claire 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
Waukesha School DistrictWaukesha	10,922	27	$12,778	13.9	#7
Eau Claire Area School DistrictEau Claire · this district	10,687	23	$13,145	13.5	#8
Janesville School DistrictJanesville	9,355	22	$12,814	12.2	#9
Sheboygan Area School DistrictSheboygan	9,285	26	$13,202	13.7	#10
Oshkosh Area School DistrictOshkosh	9,101	18	$13,997	12.3	#11

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Hutto ISDHutto, TX	10,688	$10,271	15.2
Bryan CountyPembroke, GA	10,677	$10,204	14.1
MSD Pike TownshipIndianapolis, IN	10,674	$10,880	15.6
Cabot School DistrictCabot, AR	10,672	$9,639	16.0

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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