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Westosha Central UHS School District

Salem, Wisconsin · Superintendent: John Gendron · #144 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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1,309

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,177

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

18.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Westosha Central UHS School District is a public school district based in Salem, Wisconsin, serving 1,309 students in 1 schools. By enrollment it ranks #144 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 22% of them. Its schools average 1,309 students each, more than the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is John Gendron. It spends about $13,177 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 18.7 students per teacher.

How Westosha Central UHS compares

Westosha Central UHSWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,177

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

Instruction spending per student$7,500

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

Students per school1,309

Wisconsin median 430 · 204% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher18.7

Wisconsin median 13.7 · 36% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor327

Wisconsin median 358 · 9% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$18.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 35%Local 62%

Measure	Westosha Central UHS	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,177	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,500	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$17.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$18.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	70	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	136	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	18.7	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	327	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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John Gendron

Superintendent, Westosha Central UHS 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
Westosha Central UHS School DistrictSalem · this district	1,309	1	$13,177	18.7	#144
Arcadia School DistrictArcadia	1,303	3	$13,566	13.6	#145
Hartford J1 School DistrictHartford	1,301	3	$12,572	12.5	#146
Wautoma Area School DistrictWautoma	1,300	4	$13,713	13.4	#147
Campbellsport School DistrictCampbellsport	1,299	4	$13,328	12.4	#148

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Caldwell ParishColumbia, LA	1,310	$16,407	10.7
SouthboroughSouthborough, MA	1,310	$23,021	11.7
Salem City School DistrictSalem, NJ	1,309	$23,428	14.9
Anadarko Public SchoolsAnadarko, OK	1,309	$10,684	14.2

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-westosha-central-uhs-school-district