Regular local school district · Columbia County
Portage Community School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Portage Community School District runs 8 public schools with 1,975 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.9 students per teacher is 1.1 lower than the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 1,975
- Teachers (FTE)
- 153
- Students per teacher
- 12.9
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 305 E Slifer St, Portage, WI 53901
- Phone
- (608)742-4879
- County
- Columbia County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5512060
- State district ID
- WI-4501
- Total staff (FTE)
- 288
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 395 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.9
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 (2,174), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $33.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.0 million
- State revenue
- $16.8 million
- Local revenue
- $14.4 million
- Total spending
- $31.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,341
- Salaries
- $15.4 million49.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.1%
- State: 50.6%
- Local: 43.3%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,341
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Portage Community School District
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Endeavor ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 57 | 14.2 |
| Lewiston ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 84 | 14.0 |
| Muir ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 2 to 5 | 439 | 10.7 |
| Portage Academy of Achievement | High | 9 to 12 | 24 | 24.0 |
| Portage High | High | 9 to 12 | 600 | 13.6 |
| Portage Partnering Preschool | Prekindergarten | PK | 129 | 21.5 |
| Wayne Bartels MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 422 | 13.6 |
| Woodridge ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 1 | 201 | 12.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Columbia County
- Lodi School District 1,461 students
- Poynette School District 990 students
- Pardeeville Area School District 863 students
- Fall River School District 484 students
- Rio Community School District 352 students
- Cambria-Friesland School District 328 students
- Cooperative Ed Serv Agcy 05
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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.