Regular local school district · Oneida County
Rhinelander School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Rhinelander School District runs 6 public schools with 2,295 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.5 students per teacher is 1.5 lower than the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,295
- Teachers (FTE)
- 183
- Students per teacher
- 12.5
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 665 Coolidge Ave Ste B, Rhinelander, WI 54501
- Phone
- (715)365-9750
- County
- Oneida County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5512720
- State district ID
- WI-4781
- Total staff (FTE)
- 380
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 255 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.5
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 (2,259), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $40.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.6 million
- State revenue
- $10.5 million
- Local revenue
- $26.0 million
- Total spending
- $45.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,212
- Salaries
- $16.7 million36.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $4.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.9%
- State: 26.1%
- Local: 65.0%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,212
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Rhinelander School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Central ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 269 | 10.8 |
| Crescent ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 384 | 11.0 |
| James Williams MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 454 | 12.3 |
| Northwoods Community ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 97 | 9.7 |
| Pelican ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 263 | 10.1 |
| Rhinelander High | High | 9 to 12 | 757 | 15.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Oneida County
- Lakeland UHS School District 717 students
- Minocqua J1 School District 512 students
- Three Lakes School District 507 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.