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Platteville School District

Platteville, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Jim Boebel · #130 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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1,544

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,510

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

13.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Platteville School District is a public school district based in Platteville, Wisconsin, serving 1,544 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #130 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 30% of them. Its schools average 386 students each, fewer than the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Jim Boebel. It spends about $12,510 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.4 students per teacher.

How Platteville compares

PlattevilleWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,510

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

Instruction spending per student$7,059

Wisconsin median $7,657 · 8% below · FY2020-21

Students per school386

Wisconsin median 430 · 10% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.4

Wisconsin median 13.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor309

Wisconsin median 358 · 14% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$23.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 48%Local 42%

Measure	Platteville	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,510	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,059	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$21.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$23.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	115	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	217	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.4	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	309	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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Jim Boebel

Superintendent, Platteville 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
Little Chute Area School DistrictLittle Chute	1,586	6	$11,567	14.3	#127
North Fond du Lac School DistrictNorth Fond du Lac	1,571	6	$12,941	15.7	#128
Black River Falls School DistrictBlack River Falls	1,552	4	$13,743	13.5	#129
Platteville School DistrictPlatteville · this district	1,544	4	$12,510	13.4	#130
Freedom Area School DistrictFreedom	1,540	3	$11,908	13.8	#131

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
River View LocalWarsaw, OH	1,545	$11,766	18.0
Kayenta Unified School District #27 (4396)Kayenta, AZ	1,544	$18,386	13.8
Johnstown City School DistrictJohnstown, NY	1,544	$19,623	13.1
Exeter-West GreenwichWest Greenwich, RI	1,544	$20,579	12.6

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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