Regular local school district · Vernon County
De Soto Area School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
De Soto Area School District runs 5 public schools with 440 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.3 students per teacher is 2.7 lower than the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 440
- Teachers (FTE)
- 39
- Students per teacher
- 11.3
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 615 Main St, De Soto, WI 54624
- Phone
- (608)648-0102
- County
- Vernon County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5503240
- State district ID
- WI-1421
- Total staff (FTE)
- 69
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 440 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district11.3
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 (490), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $9.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $853,000
- State revenue
- $4.0 million
- Local revenue
- $4.3 million
- Total spending
- $8.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,304
- Salaries
- $3.8 million44.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $4.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 43.6%
- Local: 47.1%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,304
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in De Soto Area School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| De Soto High | High | 9 to 12 | 133 | 10.2 |
| De Soto Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 101 | 14.4 |
| De Soto Virtual SchoolCharter | Other | K to 12 | 9 | |
| Prairie View Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 92 | 10.2 |
| Stoddard Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 105 | 13.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Vernon County
- Viroqua Area School District 1,031 students
- Westby Area School District 1,007 students
- Hillsboro School District 472 students
- Kickapoo Area School District 464 students
- La Farge School District 262 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.