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Stoughton Area School District

Stoughton, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Dan Keyser · #75 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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2,735

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,459

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

12.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Stoughton Area School District is a public school district based in Stoughton, Wisconsin, serving 2,735 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #75 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 60% of them. Its schools average 456 students each, about the same as the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Dan Keyser. It spends about $13,459 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.3 students per teacher.

How Stoughton Area compares

Stoughton AreaWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,459

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

Instruction spending per student$7,840

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

Students per school456

Wisconsin median 430 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.3

Wisconsin median 13.7 · 10% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor342

Wisconsin median 358 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$46.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 36%Local 59%

Measure	Stoughton Area	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,459	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,840	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$43.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$46.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	223	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	412	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.3	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	342	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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Dan Keyser

Superintendent, Stoughton 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
Sparta Area School DistrictSparta	2,749	7	$13,824	12.4	#74
Stoughton Area School DistrictStoughton · this district	2,735	6	$13,459	12.3	#75
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	2,658	6	$12,682	13.4	#78

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Harrison School DistrictHarrison, AR	2,739	$10,549	11.4
Cascade School District 5Turner, OR	2,736	$12,543	17.9
Pullman School DistrictPullman, WA	2,731	$13,971	16.7
Lincoln County SchoolsHamlin, WV	2,731	$13,346	12.7

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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