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Luxemburg-Casco School District

District briefing, fall 2026: enrollment, achievement, finances and property taxes.

On the ballot · November 3, 2026

Luxemburg-Casco School District: one referendum question

Shall the Luxemburg-Casco School District, Kewaunee and Brown Counties, Wisconsin be authorized to exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $1,800,000 per year for three years, beginning with the 2027-2028 school year and ending with the 2029-2030 school year, for non-recurring purposes consisting of operational expenses including teacher and staff compensation and benefits and maintaining reading, math, and college and technical career programming.

Source: district website

Enrollment
2,033
2025-26
Revenue-limit members
1,764
2025-26 funding count
Enrollment, 5 yr
+9.1%
headcount change · regional −2.2%
Cost / member
$12,581
day-to-day, 2024-25
Mill rate
6.62
statewide K-12 6.90
Home value
+14%
2025 tax roll vs. 10 nearby districts
Teachers staying
91%
2025-26

A z-score places the district's Forward result against every Wisconsin district that year: 0 is the average district, +1 one standard deviation above. Because each year stands on its own, z-scores compare across the 2023-24 rescaling, when percentages cannot. In 2024-25, Luxemburg-Casco scored +1.43 in ELA and +1.59 in math (92nd and 96th percentile statewide); over the last three tested years it averaged +1.43 and +1.74.

Luxemburg-CascoPeers (median)Average Wisconsin district (0)

ELA

+2.36+1.77+1.18+0.590.002015-162019-202024-25

Math

+2.47+1.85+1.24+0.620.002015-162019-202024-25

Expected z-score given demographics

MeasureLuxemburg-CascoExpected: WisconsinExpected: peersGap from expected
Forward ELA, z-score2024-25+1.43+0.82higher than expected+0.97higher than expected
Forward math, z-score2024-25+1.59+0.83well above expected+0.93well above expected

The Expected section’s two benchmarks on the z scale: the model fitted to every other Wisconsin district, and the peers’ own z-scores moved to the district’s demographics, size and property wealth, then their median. Filled dot: gap from the Wisconsin expectation; ring: gap from the peer expectation.

Compare groups on the z scale

Each student group's result against the same group in every other Wisconsin district (0 = the average district's result for that group), with the Wisconsin model's expectation for the district's students in that group.

Proficiency rates (the share meeting or exceeding) follow in the Achievement section. Z-scores standardize each year's result against every comparable district that year (0 = the average district; +1 = one standard deviation above), so years on either side of a test or cut-score change can be compared. Testing was canceled in spring 2020.

Enrollment

2,033 students in 2025-26, +9.1% over five years while the regional peer median moved −2.2%.

Spending

$12,581 day-to-day cost per member in 2024-25, below the peer median of $12,778 and below the statewide median of $14,960. Counting construction, debt, transportation and food, total cost was $15,451.

Taxes

The school tax rate is 6.62 mills (2025-26), against a statewide K-12 median of 6.90; the 2025-26 levy is $13.0M, 15% of it referendum-approved debt.

Revenue limit

$13,091 per member under the state revenue limit, against a statewide K-12 median of $13,575; voters have decided 1 operating question, passing 1, most recently Apr 2024 (non-recurring, passed).

Luxemburg-Casco enrolled 2,033 students in 2025-26 (the September headcount certified by DPI). Since 2014-15 its enrollment has grown 10%; the median regional peer grew 6% and the median Wisconsin district shrank 9%. The chart indexes each series to its 2014-15 level. Private schools inside the district's boundaries enroll 9.5% of school-age children (2024-25), against 9.7% in the median district.

Luxemburg-CascoRegional peers (median)Wisconsin (median district)
11210610094892014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-26

Children who live here and students who attend

Two DPI counts describe Luxemburg-Casco's size. In 2024-25, 1,830 children lived in the district by DPI's September membership count (full-time equivalent, so four-year-old kindergarten counts part-time; the revenue limit averages it over three years), and 2,021 students attended its schools. Open enrollment connects them: 71 residents attended other districts and 307 students from other districts came in. Since 2014-15, the resident count has fallen 2% while attendance has grown 9%, as net transfers in went from 6 to 236.

YearResidentsOpen enr. outOpen enr. inAttending
2020-211,773822161,863
2021-221,792692411,943
2022-231,831662622,001
2023-241,816712932,018
2024-251,830713072,021
2025-26———2,033

Residents: children living in the district, by DPI September membership (full-time equivalent), the count the revenue limit is built from. Open enr. out / in: students open-enrolled to other districts and from them. Attending: DPI certified enrollment (September headcount). Open enrollment: DPI open enrollment annual reports, transfers rather than applications. Residents minus transfers out plus transfers in comes close to attendance; the remaining gap is mostly four-year-old kindergarten, which membership counts part-time. A dash means DPI has not yet published that count.

The entering class

Luxemburg-Casco enrolled 123 kindergartners on average over the last three years, +2% against the three years ending 2016-17, where the median regional peer moved −6% and the median Wisconsin district −12%. Over the same span its K–12 count moved +4% and the median regional peer +5%.

Where a falling enrollment line comes from matters more than its slope. Following each class from one grade to the next, Luxemburg-Casco gains students as its cohorts move up — 1.027 per student at 12 of 12 grade steps, against 1.018 for its regional peers. Children already enrolled here are not leaving as they get older; the decline arrives at the front door, in the size of each entering class.

YearKindergarten
2020-21111
2021-22130
2022-23131
2023-24120
2024-25130
2025-26118

DPI certified enrollment by grade level, the third-Friday-of-September count. Kindergarten is five-year-old kindergarten; four-year-old kindergarten is a separate program and is excluded. Three-year averages at each end, because a single district's kindergarten is a few hundred children and one year swings several percent on noise. Progression is students in grade g+1 the next year per student in grade g, averaged over 2014-2025; above 1.00 the cohort gained students. Regional figures cover the 7 regional peers with grade-level data.

Students, 2025-26

Student group2025-262020-21Median WI district
Students with disabilities13.2%13.9%16.0%
English learners3.0%3.1%2.4%
Economically disadvantaged14.2%19.6%35.6%
White90.7%91.4%85.3%
Hispanic6.1%6.7%6.8%
Two or More2.1%1.1%3.9%
Asian0.7%0.4%0.9%
Black0.3%0.4%1.0%
Amer Indian0.1%0.1%0.4%

Community (ACS 2024)

MeasureLuxemburg-CascoMedian WI district
Median household income$88,431$77,317
Poverty rate4.8%8.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or more25.0%25.4%
Households with children29.5%25.9%
Residents 65 and older19.0%20.5%
Median home value (2025 tax roll)$323,000$263,500

Home values against nearby districts

On the 2025 tax roll the median home in Luxemburg-Casco was worth $323,000, 14% above the median of the 10 districts within 25 miles ($284,400). That ranks 4th of 11 in the area and at the 69th percentile of Wisconsin districts (state median $263,500).

2025 tax rollLuxemburg-CascoNearby medianDifferenceWisconsin median
Median home value$323,000$284,400+14%$263,500
Middle half of homes$231,900–$430,800

Wisconsin Statewide Parcel Map (State Cartographer's Office), 2025 tax roll: the median estimated fair market value (assessed value over the municipality's assessment ratio) of parcels classed residential only with a building on them, so vacant lots, apartment buildings of four or more units and homes on parcels that also carry farm, forest or undeveloped land are left out. Unlike the Census figure, the roll includes seasonal homes. Nearby districts are those whose NCES office address lies within 25 miles of Luxemburg-Casco's: De Pere (18 mi, $385,100); West De Pere (19 mi, $374,900); Howard-Suamico (19 mi, $372,000); Southern Door County (18 mi, $309,750); Denmark (15 mi, $301,600); Ashwaubenon (19 mi, $267,200); Green Bay Area Public (16 mi, $259,800); Mishicot (22 mi, $225,600); Kewaunee (11 mi, $222,900); Algoma (13 mi, $211,000).

Enrollment and the funding count

Wisconsin's revenue limit, which caps what a district may raise from general state aid and the property tax combined, is set per member using a three-year rolling average of membership: each September's full-time-equivalent count plus 40% of summer-school FTE. Luxemburg-Casco's revenue-limit membership for 2025-26 is 1,764.

School yearEnrolled studentsRevenue-limit membershipPer enrolled student
2020-211,7731,7961.01
2021-221,7921,7670.99
2022-231,8311,7520.96
2023-241,8161,7620.97
2024-251,8301,7670.97
2025-26—1,764—

DPI revenue limit worksheets (three-year average membership) and DPI September membership. Years without a membership count show a dash.

In spring 2025, 73% of Luxemburg-Casco students met or exceeded Forward standards in ELA and 80% in math, against 54% and 57% in the median Wisconsin district.

Z-scores, their trend and the expected values open this report (Achievement on the z scale); this section reports proficiency rates and the other outcomes.

Attendance, ACT and discipline

MeasureLuxemburg-CascoPeersWisconsin medianYear
Attendance rate94.3%95.3%94.3%2024-25
Chronic absenteeism11.6%6.2%10.9%2024-25
ACT composite (grade 11)20.020.819.22024-25
Suspensions and expulsions per 1,000110.329.533.02024-25

DPI WISEdash files. Chronic absenteeism = share of students missing 10% or more of enrolled days.

Luxemburg-Casco's day-to-day cost per member was $12,581 in 2024-25, against $12,778 for the median peer and $14,960 for the median Wisconsin district. This is DPI's current educational cost: instruction and instructional support, without construction, debt service, transportation or food service, which rise and fall with building projects rather than with what a year of school costs. Counting all of those, DPI's total district cost per member was $15,451, against $15,793 for the median peer and $18,324 statewide. Local property tax paid for 38% of revenue, against 38% statewide.

Luxemburg-CascoPeers (median)Wisconsin (median district)
$15,760$13,693$11,626$9,560$7,4932006-072010-112014-152018-192024-25

The revenue limit allows $13,091 per member for 2025-26, below the statewide K-12 median of $13,575 and above the peer median of $12,382. The limit counts general state aid and the property tax together, so state aid changes move the levy rather than total revenue. Voters have decided 1 operating question, passing 1, most recently Apr 2024 (non-recurring, passed).

Luxemburg-CascoPeers (median)Wisconsin (median district)
$14,230$12,539$10,849$9,158$7,4682005-062009-102013-142017-182021-222025-26

Total district cost per member and revenue shares: DPI comparative cost data. Revenue limit: DPI revenue limit worksheets; statewide comparison is K-12 districts only.

The district's 2025-26 levy is $13.0M, at a rate of 6.62 mills per $1,000 of equalized value (statewide K-12 median 6.90). 15% of the levy repays referendum-approved debt (Fund 39).

Levy yearTotal levyGeneral (10)Ref. debt (39)Mill rate
2020-21$9.4M$6.9M$1.7M8.51
2021-22$9.7M$6.5M$2.4M8.24
2022-23$9.7M$5.6M$3.3M7.24
2023-24$10.9M$6.2M$3.9M6.66
2024-25$11.7M$9.0M$1.9M6.51
2025-26$13.0M$10.2M$1.9M6.62
Luxemburg-CascoRegional peers (median)Wisconsin (median district)
10.989.638.286.935.582006-072010-112014-152018-192025-26

The median residential property-tax bill inside the district, all governments, was $3,238 in 2025 (statewide median $2,766). The median home on the 2025 tax roll is worth $323,000; the school portion of its bill is about $2,140.

Property tax on the median home, by taxing authority, payable 2026

A home at Luxemburg-Casco's median value, about $323,000 at the current assessment, owes roughly $3,650 in property tax for taxes payable 2026. The school district's part is $2,140 (53% before credits); the rest goes to the county, the city, village or town, the technical college district and special districts such as sanitary and lake districts, less the state's school levy tax credit. That bill is $820 less than the bill on the median regional peer's median home.

Taxing authorityLuxemburg-CascoRegional peers (median)
School district$2,140 53%$2,160 45%
Technical college$170 4%$160 3%
County$1,220 30%$900 19%
City, village or town$480 12%$1,060 22%
Special districts$40 1%$470 10%
State school levy tax credit−$400−$450
Total$3,650$4,470
Median home value$323,000$310,000

Each column is the tax on that district's own median home. Peer columns show the median across the group's districts, figure by figure, so their rows need not add to the total. The percentage is each authority's share of the bill before credits.

The same $323,000 home at each group's tax rates

Holding the house constant separates tax rates from home values. Taxed at Luxemburg-Casco's rates the home owes $3,650; at the median regional peer's rates it would owe $4,350.

Taxing authorityLuxemburg-CascoRegional peers (median)
School district$2,140 53%$2,260 49%
Technical college$170 4%$170 4%
County$1,220 30%$880 19%
City, village or town$480 12%$920 20%
Special districts$40 1%$410 9%
State school levy tax credit−$400−$440
Total$3,650$4,350
Tax as a share of home value1.13%1.35%

Wisconsin Department of Revenue, Town, Village and City Taxes, 2025 levies (taxes payable 2026): each taxing body's levy over the full value it is spread on. The school rate is the district's own levy over its equalized value; county, municipal, technical college and special-district rates are averages over the towns, villages and cities the district covers, weighted by its value in each, so a home in any one of them pays somewhat more or less. The school levy tax credit is the state-paid credit DOR spreads by municipality; the lottery and gaming credit and first dollar credit, applied per parcel, are not included. Median home value: the median of the 3,509 residential parcels with a home on them on the 2025 tax roll (January 1, 2025), at the estimated fair market value the roll reports (assessed value over the municipality's assessment ratio); parcels that also carry farm, forest or undeveloped land are left out. Wisconsin Statewide Parcel Map, State Cartographer's Office. The parcel-based median bill above runs lower because it covers every residential parcel, including vacant lots, and is net of the per-parcel credits.

Levy by fund and equalized value: DPI and Department of Revenue. Typical bill: parcel-level residential bills inside the district boundary; school portion applies the school tax rate to the tax-roll median home value and is an estimate.

Voters have decided 8 referendum questions since 1998 and approved 5.

ElectionTypePurposeAmountYesResult
Apr 2024OperatingExceed the revenue limit for years for operational expenses$5.4M51.6%Passed
Apr 2018Capitalthe construction and equipping of an addition to the High School to create an attached ...$11.9M54.2%Passed
Apr 2018Capitalconstruction of additions at the High School for a new gymnasium and a secure main entr...$15.9M64.5%Passed
Apr 2011CapitalConstruct & equip gym; related site improvements; relocate and reconstruct soccer field$4.9M32.8%Failed
Nov 2010Capitalpaying the cost of constructing and equipping a gymnasium addition at the high school a...$5.9M37.1%Failed
Nov 2010Capitalpaying the cost of various building maintenance projects including upgrading HVAC syste...$2.8M51.5%Passed
Apr 2008Capitalfor the public purpose of paying the cost of acquiring land, and making school improvem...$18.5M38.7%Failed
Nov 1998Capitalpre-k through grade 2 building$8.0M71.2%Passed

DPI referenda file, 1993 onward.

1 of the 12 peers has a question before voters on November 3, 2026: West De Pere (non-recurring $24.5M). Luxemburg-Casco also has a question on that ballot. At the most recent election, April 2026, 1 question among Luxemburg-Casco and its peers went to voters and 1 passed.

Since 2016 the peers have passed 29 of 38 (76%) of their questions: 8 of 9 (89%) of revenue-limit (operating) questions and 21 of 29 (72%) of debt questions. Luxemburg-Casco's record over the same years is 3 of 3 (100%). In 2026-27, 8 of these 13 districts have voter approval to exceed the revenue limit.

On the ballot now

DistrictVote dateTypeAmountPer yearSchool years
Luxemburg-CascoNov 3, 2026Non-recurring$5.4M$1.8M2027-28 to 2029-30
West De PereNov 3, 2026Non-recurring$24.5M$4.9M2027-28 to 2031-32

Operating authority above the revenue limit in 2026-27

DistrictApprovedTypePer yearSchool yearsYes
De PereApr 2024Non-recurring$4.8M2024-25 to 2028-2956.8%
De PereNov 2005Recurring$600Kongoing50.4%
De PereMay 2000Recurring$1.5Mongoing51.0%
DenmarkApr 2026Non-recurring$925K2026-27 to 2028-2955.3%
Hortonville AreaMay 2001Recurring$238Kongoing50.1%
Hortonville AreaMay 1998Recurring$160Kongoing51.9%
Luxemburg-CascoApr 2024Non-recurring$1.8M2024-25 to 2026-2751.6%
MosineeApr 2007Recurring$250Kongoing53.9%
MukwonagoApr 2016Non-recurring$350K2017-18 to 2036-3751.6%
MukwonagoApr 1998Recurring$443Kongoing61.8%
River FallsFeb 2024Recurring$1.0Mfrom 2024-2557.1%
River FallsDec 1998Recurring$600Kongoing51.4%
West De PereMay 2006Recurring$750Kongoing54.4%
West De PereMay 2000Recurring$390Kongoing59.1%

Track record since 2016

DistrictQuestionsPassedOperating passedDebt passedMost recent
Luxemburg-Casco331 of 12 of 2Apr 2024, passed 52%
De Pere221 of 11 of 1Nov 2024, passed 66%
Denmark664 of 42 of 2Apr 2026, passed 55%
Germantown110 of 01 of 1Nov 2016, passed 52%
Hortonville Area210 of 01 of 2Apr 2021, passed 65%
Kewaskum110 of 01 of 1Nov 2016, passed 61%
Mishicot220 of 02 of 2Nov 2024, passed 61%
Mosinee710 of 11 of 6Nov 2024, passed 65%
Mukwonago431 of 12 of 3Nov 2024, passed 51%
River Falls441 of 13 of 3Feb 2024, passed 57%
West De Pere330 of 03 of 3Apr 2025, passed 69%
Winneconne Community431 of 12 of 3Apr 2023, passed 60%
Wrightstown Community220 of 02 of 2Apr 2020, passed 58%

Every question decided since 2016

DistrictDateTypeAmountSchool yearsYesResult
DenmarkApr 2026Non-recurring$2.8M2026-27 to 2028-2955.3%Passed
West De PereApr 2025Debt$9.9M69.3%Passed
De PereNov 2024Debt$22.0M66.3%Passed
MishicotNov 2024Debt$29.6M60.9%Passed
MosineeNov 2024Debt$19.8M64.6%Passed
MukwonagoNov 2024Debt$89.1M51.0%Passed
De PereApr 2024Non-recurring$23.8M2024-25 to 2028-2956.8%Passed
Luxemburg-CascoApr 2024Non-recurring$5.4M2024-25 to 2026-2751.6%Passed
MukwonagoApr 2024Debt$102.3M45.9%Failed
River FallsFeb 2024Recurring$3.0Mfrom 2024-2557.1%Passed
River FallsFeb 2024Debt$28.0M50.6%Passed
Winneconne CommunityApr 2023Debt$28.3M59.9%Passed
DenmarkNov 2022Debt$31.0M61.1%Passed
DenmarkNov 2022Non-recurring$2.8M2023-24 to 2025-2659.9%Passed
Winneconne CommunityApr 2022Debt$47.8M42.0%Failed
Hortonville AreaApr 2021Debt$41.8M64.7%Passed
Hortonville AreaApr 2021Debt$12.2M48.1%Failed
DenmarkApr 2020Non-recurring$2.8M2020-21 to 2022-2354.1%Passed
Wrightstown CommunityApr 2020Debt$28.7M57.9%Passed
West De PereNov 2018Debt$9.9M50.6%Passed
West De PereNov 2018Debt$64.8M65.5%Passed
Luxemburg-CascoApr 2018Debt$11.9M54.2%Passed
Luxemburg-CascoApr 2018Debt$15.9M64.5%Passed
River FallsApr 2018Debt$45.9M72.7%Passed
River FallsApr 2018Debt$2.1M60.5%Passed
DenmarkApr 2017Debt$14.9M66.7%Passed
DenmarkApr 2017Non-recurring$2.8M2017-18 to 2019-2068.6%Passed
MosineeApr 2017Debt$35.0M40.1%Failed
MosineeApr 2017Recurring$160Kfrom 2018-1943.1%Failed
MosineeApr 2017Debt$1.1M27.8%Failed
MosineeApr 2017Debt$5.2M30.3%Failed
GermantownNov 2016Debt$84.0M52.4%Passed
KewaskumNov 2016Debt$28.4M60.9%Passed
Wrightstown CommunityNov 2016Debt$3.8M61.1%Passed
MishicotApr 2016Debt$10.0M65.5%Passed
MosineeApr 2016Debt$383K42.3%Failed
MosineeApr 2016Debt$45.0M40.1%Failed
MukwonagoApr 2016Non-recurring$7.0M2017-18 to 2036-3751.6%Passed
MukwonagoApr 2016Debt$49.5M58.2%Passed
Winneconne CommunityApr 2016Non-recurring$1.2M2017-18 to 2021-2258.5%Passed
Winneconne CommunityApr 2016Debt$12.5M61.3%Passed

Wisconsin DPI School District Referenda Report, as of October 27, 2026. Non-recurring and recurring questions ask to exceed the revenue limit (operating money); debt questions authorize borrowing for buildings. School years are the years an operating authority covers; a recurring authority is permanent. Amounts are the totals on the ballot; yes is the share of votes cast on the question. Comparison districts are the peers listed under Comparison districts.

91% of Luxemburg-Casco's teachers stayed in the district into 2025-26, against 92% for the median peer and 91% statewide; 6% left Wisconsin public schools. Average teacher salary was $65,051, against $64,102 for the median peer and $61,273 statewide.

Luxemburg-CascoPeers (median)Wisconsin (median district)
97%94%90%87%84%2016-172018-192020-212022-232024-25

Staff by role, 2016-17 to 2025-26

Role2016-172025-26ChangePeers
Administrators990%+16%
Teachers137142+4%+9%
Aides/Paraprofessionals4739−17%+6%
Pupil Services1411−21%+53%
Other116112−3%+10%

DPI All Staff files: distinct people (headcount) by role in each year. Peers: the median change across the peers.

DPI All Staff files, person-level, linked year to year.

Wherever this briefing sets Luxemburg-Casco beside other districts, it uses the groups below. A group figure is the middle value across its members, each counted equally, so one large member cannot dominate it.

Peers 12 districts

The 12 Wisconsin districts of the same type most like Luxemburg-Casco on four equally weighted factors: total enrollment (compared as a ratio, so half as large counts as near as twice as large), day-to-day cost per member, students per staff member (full-time equivalent) and the share of economically disadvantaged students, each difference scaled by how much the factor varies across districts, and none more than two standard deviations away on any one. The group starts with nearby districts that match closely (within half a standard deviation on average) and fills the rest from anywhere in the state. Luxemburg-Casco: 2,033 students, $12,581 day-to-day cost, 8.0 students per staff member, 14.2% economically disadvantaged. Peers carry the achievement, spending and staffing comparisons.

DistrictCountyMilesEnrollmentDay-to-day costStudents per staffEcon. disadvantaged
DenmarkBrown151,618$12,8287.821.9%
De PereBrown194,424$13,4518.719.1%
MishicotManitowoc21965$13,3117.925.6%
West De PereBrown233,679$12,6969.121.2%
Wrightstown CommunityBrown261,361$12,6587.519.2%
Hortonville AreaOutagamie464,122$11,9648.014.2%
Winneconne CommunityWinnebago571,739$12,7507.820.1%
KewaskumWashington761,777$12,1738.222.1%
GermantownWashington943,704$12,6518.414.2%
MosineeMarathon981,879$13,3207.921.3%
MukwonagoWaukesha1194,702$12,8488.112.3%
River FallsPierce2413,370$12,8077.617.7%

Regional peers 7 districts

The 7 districts of the same type within 25 miles of Luxemburg-Casco, straight line between district offices, whose profile on the same four factors is comparable: on average within one standard deviation of Luxemburg-Casco’s. They carry enrollment, property taxes and home sales, and their median sits beneath the peer median elsewhere. Districts in both groups appear in both lists.

DistrictCountyMilesEnrollmentDay-to-day costStudents per staffEcon. disadvantaged
DenmarkBrown151,618$12,8287.821.9%
Southern Door CountyDoor17969$14,0747.130.9%
Howard-SuamicoBrown195,629$13,6778.521.5%
AshwaubenonBrown193,100$16,3228.833.7%
De PereBrown194,424$13,4518.719.1%
MishicotManitowoc21965$13,3117.925.6%
West De PereBrown233,679$12,6969.121.2%

“Wisconsin median” is the middle value across Wisconsin districts; property-tax and revenue-limit comparisons use K-12 districts only, because elementary and union high school districts overlap the same territory.