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Sauk Prairie School District

Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Jeff Wright · #78 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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2,658

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,682

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

13.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Sauk Prairie School District is a public school district based in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, serving 2,658 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #78 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 58% of them. Its schools average 443 students each, about the same as the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Jeff Wright. It spends about $12,682 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.4 students per teacher.

How Sauk Prairie compares

Sauk PrairieWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,682

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

Instruction spending per student$7,508

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

Students per school443

Wisconsin median 430 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.4

Wisconsin median 13.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor380

Wisconsin median 358 · 6% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$47.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 35%Local 60%

Measure	Sauk Prairie	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,682	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,508	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$74.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$47.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	198	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	380	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.4	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	380	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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Jeff Wright

Superintendent, Sauk Prairie 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
Merrill Area School DistrictMerrill	2,686	7	$12,350	15.4	#76
South Milwaukee School DistrictSouth Milwaukee	2,686	6	$14,008	12.8	#77
Sauk Prairie School DistrictPrairie du Sac · this district	2,658	6	$12,682	13.4	#78
Baraboo School DistrictBaraboo	2,598	9	$12,646	12.1	#79
Reedsburg School DistrictReedsburg	2,591	6	$12,955	13.4	#80

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Washington CountySandersville, GA	2,661	$11,725	13.8
Dodge CountyEastman, GA	2,659	$12,118	12.7
Middle Township Public School DistrictCape May Court House, NJ	2,658	$19,833	11.9
Dover CityDover, OH	2,658	$10,423	20.3

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-sauk-prairie-school-district