Regular local school district · Monroe County
Sparta Area School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Sparta Area School District runs 7 public schools with 2,749 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.4 students per teacher is 1.6 lower than the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 2,749
- Teachers (FTE)
- 221
- Students per teacher
- 12.4
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 900 E Montgomery St, Sparta, WI 54656
- Phone
- (608)366-3400
- County
- Monroe County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5514160
- State district ID
- WI-5460
- Total staff (FTE)
- 461
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 250 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
- Charter schools
- 3
Students per teacher compared
This district12.4
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 (2,908), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $48.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.9 million
- State revenue
- $28.5 million
- Local revenue
- $15.2 million
- Total spending
- $50.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,365
- Salaries
- $20.6 million40.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $27.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.1%
- State: 58.7%
- Local: 31.2%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,365
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Sparta Area School District
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Herrman Elementary | Elementary | 1 to 4 | 616 | 10.8 |
| Innovations STEM AcademyCharter | Middle | 6 to 8 | 90 | 18.0 |
| Southside Early Learning Center | Elementary | PK to K | 268 | 13.4 |
| Sparta Alternative Independent Learning SchoolCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 56 | 28.0 |
| Sparta High | High | 9 to 12 | 871 | 15.0 |
| Sparta Meadowview Middle | Middle | 5 to 8 | 687 | 10.7 |
| Sparta Montessori SchoolCharter | Elementary | PK to 6 | 161 | 17.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Monroe County
- Tomah Area School District 3,046 students
- Cashton School District 605 students
- Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District 586 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.