Wisconsin Rapids School District 鈥� Wood County, WI

Key statistics

4,578

Students enrolled

12

Public schools

328

Classroom teachers (FTE)

13.9:1

Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

Pre-K 300
Kindergarten 324
Grade 1 310
Grade 2 305
Grade 3 324
Grade 4 301
Grade 5 319
Grade 6 341
Grade 7 311
Grade 8 329
Grade 9 330
Grade 10 340
Grade 11 359
Grade 12 385

By race/ethnicity

White 79%
Hispanic/Latino 7%
Two or more races 6%
Asian 5%
Black or African American 2%
American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

48% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,178 of 4,578 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 44%
Reduced-price lunch 4%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$15,119 spent per student on day-to-day operations Wisconsin median: $15,562 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $8,656
Support services $6,079
Other (food service, etc.) $383

Where the money comes from

Local 34%
State 56%
Federal 10%

Total revenue $93.5 milliontotal spending $87.1 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Town: DistantStudents: 69% town, 31% rural

Total staff (FTE)

668

District office

510 Peach St, Wisconsin Rapids WI 54494

Phone

(715) 424-6701

County

Wood County

Official website

NCES District ID

5517070

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About Wisconsin Rapids School District

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The Wisconsin Rapids School District serves the City of Wisconsin Rapids; Villages of Biron, Rudolph, and Vesper; Wood County Townships of Arpin, Grand Rapids, Hansen, Rudolph, Saratoga, Seneca, Sigel, Sherry; and Portage County Townships of Carson, Grant, and Plover. A unified school district with a school enrollment of approximately 5,325, the Wisconsin Rapids Public School District includes eight K-5 elementary schools, a middle school serving grades 6-7, a junior high school with grades 8-9, one senior high school serving grades 10-12, one grades 11-12 charter school specializing in health occupational training, an at-risk alternative high school for grades 9-12, 4K programming which is held in some of our elementary schools as well as off-site at community partner organizations, and virtual programming for grades 4K-12. MISSION STATEMENT: Working together with home and community, we are dedicated to providing the best education for every student, enabling each to be a thoughtful, responsible contributor to a changing world.