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Onalaska School District

Onalaska, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Benjamin Barton · #70 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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2,920

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,786

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

13.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Onalaska School District is a public school district based in Onalaska, Wisconsin, serving 2,920 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #70 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 62% of them. Its schools average 487 students each, more than the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Benjamin Barton. It spends about $12,786 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.8 students per teacher.

How Onalaska compares

OnalaskaWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,786

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

Instruction spending per student$7,822

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

Students per school487

Wisconsin median 430 · 13% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.8

Wisconsin median 13.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor365

Wisconsin median 358 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$45.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 44%Local 50%

Measure	Onalaska	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,786	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,822	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$43.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$45.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	211	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	404	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.8	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	365	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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Benjamin Barton

Superintendent, Onalaska 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
Beaver Dam Unified School DistrictBeaver Dam	3,000	8	$12,788	13.5	#69
Onalaska School DistrictOnalaska · this district	2,920	6	$12,786	13.8	#70
Pewaukee School DistrictPewaukee	2,907	4	$12,310	15.4	#71
Burlington Area School DistrictBurlington	2,876	8	$13,248	15.8	#72
Whitefish Bay School DistrictWhitefish Bay	2,861	4	$11,723	16.0	#73

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bullard ISDBullard, TX	2,921	$10,364	13.4
New Castle Area School DistrictNew Castle, PA	2,920	$15,432	15.4
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISDPecos, TX	2,919	$21,673	13.0
New London School DistrictNew London, CT	2,918	$21,842	10.0

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.

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