Regular local school district · Marquette County
Montello School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Montello School District runs 4 public schools with 571 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 9.7 students per teacher is 4.3 lower than the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 571
- Teachers (FTE)
- 59
- Students per teacher
- 9.7
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 222 Forest Ln, Montello, WI 53949
- Phone
- (608)297-7617
- County
- Marquette County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5509870
- State district ID
- WI-3689
- Total staff (FTE)
- 132
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 571 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
- Charter schools
- 2
Students per teacher compared
This district9.7
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 (598), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $11.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.3 million
- State revenue
- $4.4 million
- Local revenue
- $5.9 million
- Total spending
- $12.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,933
- Salaries
- $5.3 million42.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.9%
- State: 38.3%
- Local: 50.8%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,933
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Montello School District
By level: 2 high, 1 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Forest Lane Community SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 284 | 9.8 |
| High Marq Environmental Charter SchoolCEP schoolCharter | High | 7 to 12 | 33 | 16.5 |
| Montello Junior/Senior HighCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 232 | 8.6 |
| Montello Virtual Charter SchoolCharter | Other | PK to 12 | 22 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Marquette County
- Westfield School District 1,064 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.