" Sun Prairie has a moderate fund balance. More than 80% of Wisconsin school districts have fund balances that are larger than Sun Prairie’s. However, Sun Prairie has received excellent lending rates due to its fund balance.
Actually, if one downloads the fund balance data from the DPI website, it's crystal clear that this "factoid" couldn't be more wrong. More than 90% of Wisconsin school districts have SMALLER fund balances than Sun Prairie.
In truth, based on the most recent data available (2007-08), only 39 of the 426 state school districts (9.1%)have a larger fund balance than Sun Prairie.
* Why can't they be truthful?
* Are they just so arrogant as to believe that no one is smart enough to fact check them?
* Why does our school board--elected to represent US---allow this travesty to continue?
Only the following districts have fund balances larger than Sun Prairie (2007-08 data is the most recent data available on-line from DPI)
Milwaukee (3619) $46,020,802.00
La Crosse (2849) $28,033,005.09
Madison Metropolitan (3269) $24,378,907.20
Wauwatosa (6244) $23,455,390.10
Janesville (2695) $23,311,123.54
Green Bay Area (2289) $22,615,865.40
Kenosha (2793) $21,063,080.93
Muskego-Norway (3857) $18,180,005.61
Eau Claire Area (1554) $17,865,735.44
Elmbrook (0714) $17,697,688.47
West Allis (6300) $17,569,864.47
Hudson (2611) $15,721,418.41
Sheboygan Area (5271) $15,346,663.38
Wausau (6223) $15,045,259.56
Stevens Point Area (5607) $14,319,808.41
Beloit (0413) $13,585,945.19
Hamilton (2420) $13,063,338.81
Racine (4620) $12,549,213.00
De Forest Area (1316) $11,985,921.84
Franklin Public (1900) $11,537,994.99
Oak Creek-Franklin (4018) $11,490,278.35
Superior (5663) $11,396,270.95
Appleton Area (0147) $10,791,418.53
Fond du Lac (1862) $9,896,824.92
Neenah (3892) $9,860,464.21
Rhinelander (4781) $9,766,151.85
Menominee Indian (3434) $9,747,176.75
Middleton-Cross Plains (3549) $9,620,303.78
Menasha (3430) $9,145,445.79
Cudahy (1253) $8,822,676.13
Chippewa Falls Area (1092) $8,071,367.44
Waukesha (6174) $8,070,234.98
Oregon (4144) $7,913,648.66
Mukwonago (3822) $7,834,931.23
Greenfield (2303) $7,790,156.45
Watertown (6125) $7,704,433.87
Marshfield (3339) $7,642,990.12
Hayward Community (2478) $7,443,928.88
Wautoma Area (6237) $7,280,659.81
Sun Prairie Area (5656) $7,240,354.01
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