Regular local school district · Sauk County
Baraboo School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Baraboo School District runs 9 public schools with 2,598 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.1 students per teacher is 1.9 lower than the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 2,598
- Teachers (FTE)
- 215
- Students per teacher
- 12.1
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 423 Linn St, Baraboo, WI 53913
- Phone
- (608)355-3950
- County
- Sauk County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5500810
- State district ID
- WI-0280
- Total staff (FTE)
- 437
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 325 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.1
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 (2,786), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $46.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.2 million
- State revenue
- $23.0 million
- Local revenue
- $20.2 million
- Total spending
- $67.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $24,325
- Salaries
- $21.0 million31.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $59.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.9%
- State: 49.6%
- Local: 43.5%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$24,325
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Baraboo School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 2 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Al Behrman ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 278 | 10.3 |
| Baraboo Early Learning Cooperative | Prekindergarten | PK | 116 | 38.7 |
| Baraboo High | High | 9 to 12 | 885 | 13.6 |
| BELC--Renewal Head Start | Prekindergarten | PK | 15 | 15.0 |
| East Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 334 | 12.4 |
| Jack Young Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 548 | 11.2 |
| North Freedom Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 103 | 11.4 |
| West Elementary-Kindergarten CenterCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 35 | 5.8 |
| Willson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 284 | 11.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Sauk County
- Sauk Prairie School District 2,658 students
- Reedsburg School District 2,591 students
- Wisconsin Dells School District 1,790 students
- River Valley School District 1,055 students
- Weston School District 227 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.