Wisconsin school district rankings

Wisconsin school district rankings: cost per member, average teacher salaries, superintendent total salaries, K-12 mill rates — latest state figures.

Ranking measures
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Publication floor
8 districts
Tie rule
Equal values share a rank; the next rank skips.

DPI Comparative Cost per Member, 2024-25: the district's general and special-project fund spending, less transportation, facility acquisition, interfund transfers and revenue for instruction of non-resident pupils (tuition, CESA and cooperative receipts, and state integration aid for non-residents). DPI divides by the district's resident aid membership, not its enrollment: aid membership adds summer-school FTE and pupils in the private school choice, special needs scholarship and independent charter programs, and leaves out non-resident open-enrollment pupils.

Wisconsin DPI Public Teacher Salary Report, 2025-26: DPI's own average for the teachers this agency hired (position 53, full time: FTE of 0.95 or more and at least 160 contract days; interns, subcontracted staff and CESA hires excluded). Salary only; fringe benefits are reported separately.

Wisconsin DPI Public Administrative Salary Report, 2025-26, position 05 District Administrator: one position, identified by its title, not the person. The figure is the total salary each district reports for the person across all of their assignments with it in the year, not only the district administrator assignment.

DPI Equalized Levy Rates, 2025-26: the district's total school levy per $1,000 of TIF-out equalized value (mills), before the state's school levy and lottery credits. This is a K-12 district's rate, comparable with other K-12 districts' rates.

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