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Waupaca School District

Waupaca, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Mark Flaten · #91 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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2,066

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,197

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

13.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Waupaca School District is a public school district based in Waupaca, Wisconsin, serving 2,066 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #91 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 51% of them. Its schools average 413 students each, about the same as the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Mark Flaten. It spends about $13,197 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.1 students per teacher.

How Waupaca compares

WaupacaWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,197

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

Instruction spending per student$6,985

Wisconsin median $7,657 · 9% below · FY2020-21

Students per school413

Wisconsin median 430 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.1

Wisconsin median 13.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor413

Wisconsin median 358 · 15% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$30.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 46%Local 45%

Measure	Waupaca	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,197	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,985	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$29.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$30.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	158	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	318	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.1	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	413	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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Mark Flaten

Superintendent, Waupaca 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	2,079	5	$13,025	14.0	#90
Waupaca School DistrictWaupaca · this district	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
Screven CountySylvania, GA	2,066	$12,627	13.2
Clayton Ridge Community School DistrictGuttenberg, IA	2,066	$8,950	45.9
Orchard View SchoolsMuskegon, MI	2,064	$12,421	13.9
Crenshaw CountyLuverne, AL	2,063	$9,984	15.5

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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