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Shawano School District

Shawano, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Kurt Krizan · #90 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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2,079

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,025

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

14.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Shawano School District is a public school district based in Shawano, Wisconsin, serving 2,079 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #90 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 52% of them. Its schools average 416 students each, about the same as the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Kurt Krizan. It spends about $13,025 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.0 students per teacher.

How Shawano compares

ShawanoWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,025

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

Instruction spending per student$7,198

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

Students per school416

Wisconsin median 430 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.0

Wisconsin median 13.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor260

Wisconsin median 358 · 27% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$41.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 49%Local 41%

Measure	Shawano	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,025	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,198	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$35.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$41.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	148	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	189	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.0	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	260	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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Kurt Krizan

Superintendent, Shawano 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
Rice Lake Area School DistrictRice Lake	2,096	6	$13,474	12.1	#89
Shawano School DistrictShawano · this district	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
Luxemburg-Casco School DistrictLuxemburg	2,021	4	$12,476	14.4	#93

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Pleasant Hill R-IIIPleasant Hill, MO	2,080	$9,660	13.6
Oskaloosa Community School DistrictOskaloosa, IA	2,079	$15,252	13.3
North Arlington School DistrictNorth Arlington, NJ	2,079	$16,022	12.8
Wayne CountyWaynesboro, TN	2,079	$10,398	n/a

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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