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Rice Lake Area School District

Rice Lake, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Randy Drost · #89 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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2,096

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,474

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

12.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Rice Lake Area School District is a public school district based in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, serving 2,096 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #89 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 52% of them. Its schools average 349 students each, fewer than the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Randy Drost. It spends about $13,474 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.1 students per teacher.

How Rice Lake Area compares

Rice Lake AreaWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,474

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

Instruction spending per student$8,103

Wisconsin median $7,657 · 6% above · FY2020-21

Students per school349

Wisconsin median 430 · 19% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.1

Wisconsin median 13.7 · 12% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor349

Wisconsin median 358 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$39.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 39%Local 52%

Measure	Rice Lake Area	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,474	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,103	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$34.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$39.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	173	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	317	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.1	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	349	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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Randy Drost

Superintendent, Rice Lake 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
Monroe School DistrictMonroe	2,149	5	$14,439	13.1	#88
Rice Lake Area School DistrictRice Lake · this district	2,096	6	$13,474	12.1	#89
Shawano School DistrictShawano	2,079	5	$13,025	14.0	#90
Waupaca School DistrictWaupaca	2,066	5	$13,197	13.1	#91
New London School DistrictNew London	2,042	7	$11,696	14.1	#92

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Iroquois Central School DistrictElma, NY	2,098	$22,887	11.6
Norwich Free Academy DistrictNorwich, CT	2,097	n/a	14.1
Union-Scioto LocalChillicothe, OH	2,096	$11,498	20.0
Gunnison Watershed School District Re1JGunnison, CO	2,095	$12,985	14.8

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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