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Columbus School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Columbus School District runs 4 public schools with 1,123 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.6 students per teacher is 1.4 lower than the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,123
- Teachers (FTE)
- 89
- Students per teacher
- 12.6
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 200 W School St, Columbus, WI 53925
- Phone
- (920)623-5950
- County
- Waupaca County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5502820
- State district ID
- WI-1183
- Total staff (FTE)
- 162
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 374 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district12.6
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 (1,242), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $20.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.1 million
- State revenue
- $9.1 million
- Local revenue
- $10.4 million
- Total spending
- $19.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,620
- Salaries
- $8.4 million43.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $32.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.3%
- State: 44.2%
- Local: 50.6%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,620
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Columbus School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Columbus Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 425 | 12.5 |
| Columbus High | High | 9 to 12 | 383 | 12.8 |
| Columbus Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 241 | 13.4 |
| Discovery Charter SchoolCharter | Elementary | K to 3 | 71 | 14.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Waupaca County
- Waupaca School District 2,066 students
- New London School District 2,042 students
- Clintonville School District 1,129 students
- Weyauwega-Fremont School District 822 students
- Iola-Scandinavia School District 579 students
- Manawa School District 528 students
- Marion School District 488 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.