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Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District

Middleton, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Dana Monogue · #15 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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7,167

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,943

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

13.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District is a public school district based in Middleton, Wisconsin, serving 7,167 students in 12 schools. By enrollment it ranks #15 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 92% of them. Its schools average 597 students each, more than the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Dana Monogue. It spends about $12,943 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.1 students per teacher.

How Middleton-Cross Plains Area compares

Middleton-Cross Plains AreaWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,943

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

Instruction spending per student$7,900

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

Students per school597

Wisconsin median 430 · 39% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.1

Wisconsin median 13.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor896

Wisconsin median 358 · 150% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$118.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 26%Local 71%

Measure	Middleton-Cross Plains Area	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,943	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,900	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$167.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$118.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	546	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,089	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.1	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	896	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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Dana Monogue

Superintendent, Middleton-Cross Plains 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
Wausau School DistrictWausau	7,738	21	$13,692	13.3	#14
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School DistrictMiddleton · this district	7,167	12	$12,943	13.1	#15
Stevens Point Area Public School DistrictStevens Point	6,911	16	$13,974	15.1	#16
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

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Talladega CountyTalladega, AL	7,178	$11,001	18.8
Yorkville CUSD 115Yorkville, IL	7,174	$13,513	14.5
Clarksville Community School CorporationClarksville, IN	7,174	$7,095	25.8
Levittown Union Free School DistrictLevittown, NY	7,163	$27,247	11.5

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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