Regular local school district · Polk County
Clear Lake School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Clear Lake School District runs 3 public schools with 527 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.5 students per teacher is 1.5 lower than the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 527
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42
- Students per teacher
- 12.5
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1101 3rd St SW, Clear Lake, WI 54005
- Phone
- (715)263-2114
- County
- Polk County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5502610
- State district ID
- WI-1127
- Total staff (FTE)
- 87
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 264 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.5
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 (585), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $10.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $961,000
- State revenue
- $6.0 million
- Local revenue
- $3.1 million
- Total spending
- $9.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,906
- Salaries
- $4.3 million45.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $10.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 59.6%
- Local: 30.9%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,906
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Clear Lake School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Clear Lake High | High | 9 to 12 | 189 | 13.5 |
| Clear Lake Junior High | Middle | 7 to 8 | 72 | 14.4 |
| Gaylord A Nelson Educational Center | Elementary | PK to 6 | 266 | 12.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Polk County
- Osceola School District 1,421 students
- Saint Croix Falls School District 991 students
- Unity School District 915 students
- Frederic School District 406 students
- Luck School District 358 students
- Clayton School District 256 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.