Regular local school district · Buffalo County
Alma School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Alma School District runs 2 public schools with 264 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.2 students per teacher is 0.8 lower than the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 264
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- S1618 State Road 35, Alma, WI 54610
- Phone
- (608)685-4416
- County
- Buffalo County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5500180
- State district ID
- WI-0084
- Total staff (FTE)
- 39
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 264 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.2
Wisconsin14.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (240), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $324,000
- State revenue
- $1.7 million
- Local revenue
- $2.8 million
- Total spending
- $4.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,079
- Salaries
- $2.0 million48.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.7%
- State: 35.7%
- Local: 57.6%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,079
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Alma School District
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alma Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 184 | 14.2 |
| Alma High | High | 9 to 12 | 80 | 13.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Buffalo County
- Mondovi School District 991 students
- Cochrane-Fountain City School District 521 students
- Gilmanton School District 128 students
More in Wisconsin
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.