Budget & finance
District profile / Wisconsin
Marinette School District
1,914
Students
2024-25 school year
4
Schools
2024-25 school year
$12,584
Spending per student
FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median
14.8
Students per teacher
2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7
Marinette School District is a public school district based in Marinette, Wisconsin, serving 1,914 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #100 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 46% of them. Its schools average 478 students each, more than the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Matt Smith. It spends about $12,584 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.8 students per teacher. We've matched 1 news story to the district.
How Marinette compares
MarinetteWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students
Spending and staffing
Where the money comes from$33.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21
Federal 9%State 56%Local 35%
| Measure | Marinette | Wisconsin median | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current spending per student | $12,584 | $12,911 | FY2020-21 |
| Instruction spending per student | $6,665 | $7,657 | FY2020-21 |
| Total spending | $30.2 million | n/a | FY2020-21 |
| Total revenue | $33.7 million | n/a | FY2020-21 |
| Teachers (full-time equivalent) | 129 | n/a | 2024-25 |
| Total staff (full-time equivalent) | 255 | n/a | 2024-25 |
| Students per teacher | 14.8 | 13.7 | 2024-25 |
| Students per counselor | 478 | 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.
Leadership
Moves tracker →Matt Smith
Source: Wisconsin DPI, School Directory, checked 2026-10-05. Report a change
In the news
1 story matchedPeer districts in Wisconsin
Compare side by side →| District | Students | Schools | Spending per student | Students per teacher | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shorewood School DistrictShorewood | 1,916 | 5 | $21,980 | 14.6 | #99 |
| Marinette School DistrictMarinette · this district | 1,914 | 4 | $12,584 | 14.8 | #100 |
| 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 |
Similar-size districts nationally
| District | Students | Spending per student | Students per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castaic UnionValencia, CA | 1,914 | $12,087 | 25.9 |
| Bradley Bourbonnais CHSD 307Bradley, IL | 1,914 | $15,920 | 15.4 |
| ConcordConcord, MA | 1,914 | $24,990 | 10.4 |
| St. Louis County School DistrictVirginia, MN | 1,914 | $16,554 | 13.0 |
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.
Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-wi-marinette-school-district