Wisconsin Data Desk

Find the records behind a local education story. Start with a jurisdiction, inspect the reporting period and definitions, and download evidence you can check and cite. Coverage is source-specific. Missing or suppressed values are not zero, and similarly named measures are not necessarily comparable across states.

District / agency profiles
446
School profiles
2148
Coverage snapshot generated (not government release date)
2026-09-29T12:00:00.000Z
District experience
Does every district have a page built on the shared design, with its sources disclosed? 446 of 446 applicable districts covered; complete.
Finance detail
What did the district spend, broken down by function and line item? 443 of 446 applicable districts covered; partial.
Trends
How has a figure moved across years, on one consistent definition? 446 of 446 applicable districts covered; complete.
Comparisons
Can a district be put beside its peers on the same measure, year and scope? 446 of 446 applicable districts covered; complete.
Funding and taxes
Where does the money come from, and what does it cost a taxpayer? 443 of 446 applicable districts covered; partial.
Staffing
How many staff, in which roles, and what are they paid in aggregate? 445 of 446 applicable districts covered; partial.
Outcomes
Graduation, assessments and classroom measures. 446 of 446 applicable districts covered; complete.
Students
Enrollment, demographics and student groups. 446 of 446 applicable districts covered; complete.
Programs
What courses and pathways are taken, and by how many students? 335 of 446 applicable districts covered; partial.
Climate
Attendance and discipline. 446 of 446 applicable districts covered; complete.
Schools
Does each school have its own sourced profile, joined to its district? 446 of 446 applicable districts covered; complete.
Fiscal transparency
Fiscal health, reserves, budgets and the source documents themselves. 421 of 446 applicable districts covered; partial.
Distribution
Is every district and school page crawlable, linked and in the sitemap? 446 of 446 applicable districts covered; complete.
Why coverage is 97.1%
4,763 of 4,906 district-by-topic cells have a published figure; 0 are withheld by the agency and 143 are documented as not published.
Programs
335 of 446. Advanced Placement: 111 districts. Notes differ by district. One example: Every school of Yorkville J2 School District ends before grade 9, and DPI's WISEdash Advanced Placement download files have no row for it.
Fiscal transparency
421 of 446. Audit reports and checkbook: 446 districts. Notes differ by district. One example: Wisconsin school districts file audited annual reports with DPI, and those audited accounts are shown here. The auditors' reports themselves and check-level spending were not found in any public bulk source (checked 2026-09-28). General fund balance, end of year: 25 districts. Notes differ by district. One example: DPI's Annual Report data carries a complete general-fund balance sheet for school districts, but not for independent charter school agencies: its 2023-24 file lists none, and in 2024-25 only 5 of the 22 charter agencies it lists report balance-sheet rows, 4 of which do not balance (assets ≠ liabilities + fund balance). Woodlands School Inc's does not balance, so no fund balance is shown.
Finance detail
443 of 446. Spending per pupil by school: 446 districts. Notes differ by district. One example: DPI publishes school-level per-pupil spending only in an interactive dashboard, with no download file; the district's audited line items and DPI's per-member figures are shown instead. Custodial and trust fund accounts: 443 districts. Notes differ by district. One example: The line items are the district's audited Annual Report accounts, by fund and function (spending) and fund and source (revenue). Fiduciary funds — fund 60, fund 72, fund 73, fund 76 (custodial and trust funds) — hold money for others, such as student activity and scholarship trusts, and are not district spending, so they are left out. Balance-sheet accounts are not spending or revenue and are left out too; the general fund's year-end balance is shown with the fiscal figures.
Limitation
DPI publishes school-level per-pupil spending only in an interactive dashboard, with no download file; the district's audited line items and DPI's per-member figures are shown instead.
Limitation
Wisconsin school districts file audited annual reports with DPI, and those audited accounts are shown here. The auditors' reports themselves and check-level spending were not found in any public bulk source (checked 2026-09-28).
Limitation
The line items are the district's audited Annual Report accounts, by fund and function (spending) and fund and source (revenue). Fiduciary funds — fund 60, fund 72, fund 73, fund 76 (custodial and trust funds) — hold money for others, such as student activity and scholarship trusts, and are not district spending, so they are left out. Balance-sheet accounts are not spending or revenue and are left out too; the general fund's year-end balance is shown with the fiscal figures.
Limitation
Fund 73 is an employee benefit trust fund; not district operating spending. Woodruff J1 School District's 2024-2025 Annual Report to DPI reports fund 73 revenues or expenditures; they are not shown as line items.
Limitation
Every school of Yorkville J2 School District ends before grade 9, and DPI's WISEdash Advanced Placement download files have no row for it.
Limitation
DPI's comparative cost and revenue per member files cover the 420 school districts (Norris excluded); Woodlands School Inc is an independent charter school agency and has no row in them.
Limitation
Woodlands School Inc is an independent charter school agency and levies no property tax: DPI's equalized levy-rate and tax-levy pages and its revenue-limit survey list the 421 school districts only. It is funded by the State through the independent charter program.
Limitation
DPI's Annual Report data carries a complete general-fund balance sheet for school districts, but not for independent charter school agencies: its 2023-24 file lists none, and in 2024-25 only 5 of the 22 charter agencies it lists report balance-sheet rows, 4 of which do not balance (assets ≠ liabilities + fund balance). Woodlands School Inc's does not balance, so no fund balance is shown.
Reporting kits
No reporting kit download is offered for Wisconsin. Held from open data pending DPI's written permission: DPI material is for noncommercial use. Each figure and its source remain on the district profiles.

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