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Fond du Lac School District

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Matthew Steinbarth · #21 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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6,457

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,384

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

13.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Fond du Lac School District is a public school district based in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, serving 6,457 students in 15 schools. By enrollment it ranks #21 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 89% of them. Its schools average 430 students each, about the same as the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Matthew Steinbarth. It spends about $13,384 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.4 students per teacher.

How Fond du Lac compares

Fond du LacWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,384

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

Instruction spending per student$8,046

Wisconsin median $7,657 · 5% above · FY2020-21

Students per school430

Wisconsin median 430 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.4

Wisconsin median 13.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor340

Wisconsin median 358 · 5% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$112.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 53%Local 39%

Measure	Fond du Lac	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,384	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,046	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$141.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$112.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	482	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	849	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.4	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	340	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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Matthew Steinbarth

Superintendent, Fond du Lac 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
Wauwatosa School DistrictWauwatosa	6,704	17	$13,073	12.9	#17
West Allis-West Milwaukee School DistrictWest Allis	6,615	15	$13,045	13.7	#18
Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School DistrictOak Creek	6,554	11	$11,714	15.6	#19
Neenah Joint School DistrictNeenah	6,473	11	$11,596	15.4	#20
Fond du Lac School DistrictFond du Lac · this district	6,457	15	$13,384	13.4	#21

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bloomfield Township School DistrictBloomfield, NJ	6,468	$18,847	11.7
MethuenMethuen, MA	6,464	$15,829	12.7
Farmington Public School DistrictFarmington, MN	6,458	$11,407	15.4
El Dorado Union HighPlacerville, CA	6,439	$11,483	23.1

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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