Regular local school district · Marathon County
Spencer School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Spencer School District runs 2 public schools with 631 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
- 2
- Students
- 631
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49
- Students per teacher
- 12.9
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 300 N School St, Spencer, WI 54479
- Phone
- (715)659-5347
- County
- Marathon County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5514190
- State district ID
- WI-5467
- Total staff (FTE)
- 84
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 210 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
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 (617), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $13.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.1 million
- State revenue
- $6.9 million
- Local revenue
- $4.5 million
- Total spending
- $13.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,253
- Salaries
- $3.7 million28.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $5.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.3%
- State: 51.2%
- Local: 33.5%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,253
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Spencer School District
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Spencer Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 290 | 10.7 |
| Spencer Junior High/High | High | 6 to 12 | 329 | 15.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Marathon County
- Wausau School District 7,738 students
- D C Everest Area School District 5,847 students
- Mosinee School District 1,902 students
- Stratford School District 774 students
- Marathon City School District 770 students
- Edgar School District 575 students
- Athens School District 417 students
- Marathon County CDEB
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.