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Beaver Dam Unified School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Beaver Dam Unified School District runs 8 public schools with 3,000 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.5 students per teacher is about the same as the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 3,000
- Teachers (FTE)
- 222
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 400 E Burnett St, Beaver Dam, WI 53916
- Phone
- (920)885-7300
- County
- Dodge County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5500960
- State district ID
- WI-0336
- Total staff (FTE)
- 465
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 429 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 12.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.5
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 (3,400), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $53.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.9 million
- State revenue
- $29.8 million
- Local revenue
- $19.5 million
- Total spending
- $51.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,188
- Salaries
- $23.6 million45.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $50.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.4%
- State: 56.0%
- Local: 36.6%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,188
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Beaver Dam Unified School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| BDUSD4Kids | Prekindergarten | PK | 157 | 157.0 |
| Beaver Dam High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,031 | 15.2 |
| Beaver Dam Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 633 | 13.2 |
| Jefferson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 328 | 10.6 |
| Lincoln Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 201 | 10.6 |
| Prairie View Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 337 | 12.0 |
| Washington Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 260 | 17.3 |
| Wilson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 41 | 4.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Dodge County
- Waupun School District 1,869 students
- Lomira School District 985 students
- Mayville School District 944 students
- Horicon School District 772 students
- Dodgeland School District 688 students
- Randolph School District 473 students
- Herman-Neosho-Rubicon School District 314 students
- Hustisford School District 277 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.