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increasing) their modest fund balance over the course of the past nine
years.
Table 8-W reveals that Weyerhaeuser Area School District’s 1996-97 fund
balance was $627/student, a figure that was -$2,024/student or -76.3% less
than the fund balance of the average of all State of Wisconsin school
districts ($2,651/student).
Over the nine year span of time from 1996-97 through 2006-07,
Weyerhaeuser Area School District’s fund balance decreased from
$627/student (1996-97) to $472/student (2006-07), a loss of -$155/student
or -24.7%. During the same span of time, the fund balance of the average
of all State of Wisconsin school districts increased from $2,651/student
(1996-97) to $3,727/student (2006-07), a gain of +$1,076/student or +40.6.
TABLE 8-W
WEYERHAEUSER AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
FUND BALANCE
1996-97 / 2006-07
1996-97 2001-02 2006-07 Change
%
Change
Weyerhaeuser $627 $919 $472 -$155 -24.7%
K-12 Average $2,651 $3,177 $3,727 +$1,076 +40.6%
At the conclusion of the 2006-07 school year, the fund balance in
Weyerhaeuser Area School District ($472/student) trailed the fund balance
in the average of all State of Wisconsin school districts ($3,727/student) by
-$3,255/student or -87.3%.
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