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Cameron School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 4 towns

Serves Stanley, Cameron, Prairie Lake and Sumner, and parts of Rice Lake, Maple Grove and Doyle.

Stanley’s School Grade B better than 64% of Wisconsin school districts

Students
1,202
Schools
5
Spent per student
$12,703
WI $16,459
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
34%
Debt
$21.1M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Cameron School District

  • Its letter, B: results better than 55% of Wisconsin districts
  • Spends 23% less per student than the WI average
  • 14 students per teacher
  • Debt of $21.1M, about $17,587 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B: better than 55% of the 441 Wisconsin school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math above the state, 2021–22
B
GraduationFour-year graduation above the state, class of 2023
C−
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
BStanley 2,492BCameron 1,834B−Prairie Lake 1,670Sumner 712

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Stanley. Grade by grade →

PK–44 elementary schoolsRice Lake Area School District
5–82 middle schoolsRice Lake Area School District
9–122 high schoolsRice Lake Area School District

Test scores vs. WI

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency42%
State average 38.7% · 570 students tested
Reading / language arts42%
State average 38.1% · 570 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)90–94%
State average 90.5% · 84 in the class

97% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$12,703 per student · 23% below WI
Spending
Classroom instruction 65%Support & administration 34%Other 1%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 44%State 49%Federal 7%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
1,154’20
1,139’21
1,183’22
1,214’23
1,202’24

Up 4.2% since 2020–21.

Students
White 93%Hispanic 4%Two or more races 3%Black <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Asian <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

5 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Wisconsin’s other public schools.

Cameron Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Cameron
B
432 students13:1
Cameron Academy of Virtual Education
Other · Grades PK–12 · Cameron
134 students22:1
Cameron Middle
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Cameron
B
319 students14:1
Cameron High
High · Grades 9–12 · Cameron
B
279 students14:1
North Star Academy
High · Grades 9–12 · Cameron
38 students27:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School DistrictChetek, Chetek, Sioux Creek
$14,821per student
Barron Area School DistrictArland, Barron, Dallas
$17,212per student
Rice Lake Area School DistrictCedar Lake, Rice Lake
$15,567per student
Birchwood School DistrictCedar Lake, Wilkinson
$22,819per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Wisconsin.