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District spent +$358/student or +8.0% greater dollars for total instruction
than the average of all State of Wisconsin school districts in that year.
Over the nine year span of time from 1996-97 through 2006-07,
Weyerhaeuser Area School District’s total instructional expenditures
increased from $4,811/student (1996-97) to $9,006/student (2006-07), an
expenditure gain of +$4,195/student or +87.2%. During the same span of
time, expenditures for total instruction in the average of all State of
Wisconsin school districts grew from $4,453/student (1996-97) to
$6,381/student (2006-07), an increase of +$1,928/student or +43.3%.
TABLE 7-W
WEYERHAEUSER AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
TOTAL INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES/STUDENT
1996-97 / 2006-07
1996-97 2001-02 2006-07 Change
%
Change
Weyerhaeuser $4,811 $5,596 $9,006 +$4,195 +87.2%
K-12 Average $4,453 $5,403 $6,381 +$1,928 +43.3%
In 2006-07, Weyerhaeuser Area School District’s total instructional
expenditures were $9,006/student, a figure that was +$2,625/student or
+41.1% greater than such expenditures in the average of all State of
Wisconsin school districts.
The Project Consultants concluded that Weyerhaeuser Area School
District’s total instructional expenditures have rapidly and cost/ineffectively
increased over the nine year span of time from 1996-97 through 2006-07—
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