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Hayward Community School District

Hayward, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Mark Berquist · #104 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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1,885

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,308

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

12.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Hayward Community School District is a public school district based in Hayward, Wisconsin, serving 1,885 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #104 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 44% of them. Its schools average 314 students each, fewer than the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Mark Berquist. It spends about $13,308 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.9 students per teacher.

How Hayward Community compares

Hayward CommunityWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,308

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

Instruction spending per student$7,978

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

Students per school314

Wisconsin median 430 · 27% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.9

Wisconsin median 13.7 · 6% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor377

Wisconsin median 358 · 5% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$30.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 14%State 13%Local 73%

Measure	Hayward Community	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,308	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,978	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$28.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$30.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	146	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	261	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.9	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	377	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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Mark Berquist

Superintendent, Hayward Community 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
Mosinee School DistrictMosinee	1,902	3	$12,475	13.5	#101
Antigo Unified School DistrictAntigo	1,899	5	$13,124	15.0	#102
Whitewater Unified School DistrictWhitewater	1,893	6	$14,846	12.2	#103
Hayward Community School DistrictHayward · this district	1,885	6	$13,308	12.9	#104
Waupun School DistrictWaupun	1,869	4	$11,673	14.8	#105

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
IndependenceIndependence, KS	1,887	$11,514	14.2
Plainfield School DistrictPlainfield, CT	1,886	$20,377	11.2
Todd CountyElkton, KY	1,886	$11,269	15.1
ClintonClinton, MO	1,885	$10,197	13.5

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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