Regular local school district · Waupaca County
Waupaca School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Waupaca School District runs 5 public schools with 2,066 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.1 students per teacher is 0.9 lower than the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,066
- Teachers (FTE)
- 158
- Students per teacher
- 13.1
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- E2325 King Rd, Waupaca, WI 54981
- Phone
- (715)258-4121
- County
- Waupaca County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5515840
- State district ID
- WI-6195
- Total staff (FTE)
- 318
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 413 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district13.1
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 (2,034), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $30.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.8 million
- State revenue
- $14.1 million
- Local revenue
- $13.8 million
- Total spending
- $29.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,264
- Salaries
- $15.3 million52.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $210,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.1%
- State: 45.8%
- Local: 45.1%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,264
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Waupaca School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Chain Exploration CenterCharter | Elementary | PK to 8 | 139 | 12.6 |
| Waupaca Community 4-Year Old Kindergarten | Prekindergarten | PK | 133 | 26.6 |
| Waupaca High | High | 9 to 12 | 623 | 14.8 |
| Waupaca Learning Center Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 602 | 10.9 |
| Waupaca Middle | Middle | 5 to 8 | 546 | 13.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Waupaca County
- New London School District 2,042 students
- Clintonville School District 1,129 students
- Columbus School District 1,123 students
- Weyauwega-Fremont School District 822 students
- Iola-Scandinavia School District 579 students
- Manawa School District 528 students
- Marion School District 488 students
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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.