Regular local school district · Jefferson County
Fort Atkinson School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Fort Atkinson School District runs 7 public schools with 2,291 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.2 students per teacher is 1.8 lower than the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 2,291
- Teachers (FTE)
- 188
- Students per teacher
- 12.2
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 201 Park St, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
- Phone
- (920)563-7800
- County
- Jefferson County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5504740
- State district ID
- WI-1883
- Total staff (FTE)
- 362
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 255 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.2
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 (2,652), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $45.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.5 million
- State revenue
- $22.3 million
- Local revenue
- $20.3 million
- Total spending
- $42.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,135
- Salaries
- $22.1 million51.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $5.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.6%
- State: 49.3%
- Local: 45.1%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,135
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Fort Atkinson School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Barrie Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 212 | 11.2 |
| Fort Atkinson 4K | Prekindergarten | PK | 100 | 100.0 |
| Fort Atkinson High | High | 9 to 12 | 816 | 13.8 |
| Fort Atkinson Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 467 | 10.9 |
| Luther Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 238 | 10.8 |
| Purdy Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 233 | 10.1 |
| Rockwell Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 197 | 10.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Jefferson County
- Watertown Unified School District 3,076 students
- Jefferson School District 1,612 students
- Lake Mills Area School District 1,473 students
- Cambridge School District 912 students
- Waterloo School District 747 students
- Johnson Creek School District 634 students
- Palmyra-Eagle Area School District 521 students
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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.