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Sheboygan Falls School District

Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Zach Pethan · #132 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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1,494

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,573

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

13.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Sheboygan Falls School District is a public school district based in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, serving 1,494 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #132 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 29% of them. Its schools average 498 students each, more than the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Zach Pethan. It spends about $12,573 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.1 students per teacher.

How Sheboygan Falls compares

Sheboygan FallsWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,573

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

Instruction spending per student$7,033

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

Students per school498

Wisconsin median 430 · 16% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.1

Wisconsin median 13.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor374

Wisconsin median 358 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$26.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 47%Local 47%

Measure	Sheboygan Falls	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,573	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,033	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$24.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$26.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	114	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	201	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.1	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	374	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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Zach Pethan

Superintendent, Sheboygan Falls 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
Freedom Area School DistrictFreedom	1,540	3	$11,908	13.8	#131
Sheboygan Falls School DistrictSheboygan Falls · this district	1,494	3	$12,573	13.1	#132
Lake Mills Area School DistrictLake Mills	1,473	3	$11,462	13.6	#133
Waterford Graded J1 School DistrictWaterford	1,473	4	$13,184	14.2	#134
Lodi School DistrictLodi	1,461	5	$13,595	13.3	#135

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Waterloo Central School DistrictWaterloo, NY	1,495	$21,591	9.6
Groesbeck ISDGroesbeck, TX	1,495	$11,905	13.5
AbileneAbilene, KS	1,494	$11,359	13.2
Gladstone Area SchoolsGladstone, MI	1,494	$10,228	17.8

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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