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Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District

Galesville, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Michele Butler · #138 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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1,393

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,330

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

12.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District is a public school district based in Galesville, Wisconsin, serving 1,393 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #138 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 26% of them. Its schools average 279 students each, fewer than the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Michele Butler. It spends about $13,330 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.8 students per teacher.

How Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau compares

Galesville-Ettrick-TrempealeauWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,330

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

Instruction spending per student$7,699

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

Students per school279

Wisconsin median 430 · 35% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.8

Wisconsin median 13.7 · 7% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor279

Wisconsin median 358 · 22% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$22.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 6%State 52%Local 41%

Measure	Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,330	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,699	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$25.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$22.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	109	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	213	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.8	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	279	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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Michele Butler

Superintendent, Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau 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
Osceola School DistrictOsceola	1,421	4	$14,314	13.2	#137
Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School DistrictGalesville · this district	1,393	5	$13,330	12.8	#138
Mauston School DistrictMauston	1,380	8	$13,856	15.3	#139
East Troy Community School DistrictEast Troy	1,355	4	$13,406	12.3	#140
Wrightstown Community School DistrictWrightstown	1,352	3	$11,472	14.5	#141

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Reed Custer CUSD 255UBraidwood, IL	1,393	$17,033	12.1
Linton-Stockton School CorporationLinton, IN	1,393	$8,440	16.6
Mid-Prairie Community School DistrictWellman, IA	1,393	$13,081	12.2
Medina Central School DistrictMedina, NY	1,393	$22,728	11.4

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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