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1996-97 through 2006-07 at a slower rate than the pupil/teacher ratio
improved for the average of all State of Wisconsin school districts.
Nonetheless, Ladysmith-Hawkins School District’s pupil/teacher ratio
continues to be significantly more favorable than the average of all State of
Wisconsin school districts, a desirable attribute for parents but—longterm—increasingly
cost/ineffective.
In 1996-97, Weyerhaeuser Area School District recorded a pupil/teacher
ratio of 11.1/1, a figure that was -4.2 pupils/1 teacher or -27.5% less than
(more favorable than) the figure for the average of all State of Wisconsin
school districts in that year (15.3/1). In that year, then, Weyerhaeuser Area
School District could boast a pupil/teacher ratio that was much better—
though substantially less cost/effective—than the ratio for the average of all
State of Wisconsin school districts.
Between 1996-97 and 2006-07, Weyerhaeuser Area School District’s
pupil/teacher ratio declined from 11.1/1 to 7.9/1, a drop of -3.2 pupils/1
teacher or -28.8%. During the same span of time, the average of all State
of Wisconsin school districts’ pupil/teacher ratio decreased from 15.3/1 to
14.7/1, a decline of -.6 pupil/1 teacher or -3.9%.
By 2006-07, Weyerhaeuser School District’s pupil/teacher ratio (7.9/1) was
-6.8 pupils/1 teacher or -46.3% less (better) than the pupil/teacher ratio
figure (14.7/1) computed for the average of all State of Wisconsin school
districts.
The Project Consultants concluded that Weyerhaeuser Area School
District’s pupil/teacher ratio was substantially cost/ineffective when
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