(BEAVER DAM) Area school districts now know what they will be getting for state aid.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has released its school aid amounts for the 2025-2026 academic year. Aid varies widely by district based on student counts and year-end financial data. Around 26-percent of districts will get more aid while 71-percent will see less money.
The Beaver Dam School District is getting $24.3-million, $837-thousand dollars less than last year.
Cambria-Friesland is receiving $2.7-million dollars, $220-thousand less than a year ago.
State aid for Columbus will go down in 2025-2026 to $7.6-million dollars, a drop of $173-thousand.
Fall River School District is seeing a decrease of $260-thousand in aid to $3.5-million dollars.
Horicon’s state aid also dropped to just over $7-million dollars, a $395-thousand decrease.
Hustisford is getting $1.3-milion, a $126-thousand dollar drop from last year.
Lomira is in line for $8.7-million dollars from the state, an increase of $369-thousand.
Randolph’s state aid went down $291-thousand dollars to $3.9-million dollars.
The state is giving the Mayville School District $7.9-million in the upcoming academic year, up $294-thousand.
Watertown’s aid dropped over a half-million to $27.8-million dollars.
The $16.3-million going to Waupun is down $868-thousand from what the district saw a year ago.
The 2025-2027 state budget kept funding for school aid flat at $5.58-billion.
