Welcome to the School District of Janesville DataTool!

This dashboard, produced by the Wisconsin Policy Forum, presents data on the School District of Janesville (SDJ) to provide a comprehensive look at how the district is functioning. The tool features seven fully interactive sections, with data on student demographics, teacher demographics, teacher turnover, district finances, student participation, the Forward Exam, and the ACT. Use the buttons and filters on each page to further explore the data.

At the top of each page, use the “Click to Compare Peer Districts” buttons to see how Janesville stacks up against seven of its peers from around the state of Wisconsin in the most recent year for which data are available. Peer districts include Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Sheboygan Area, Stevens Point, Sun Prairie, Wausau, and West Allis-West Milwaukee.

In nearly all cases, peers were selected to include those with similar enrollment levels (between 6,200 and 12,200 students) and makeup of economically disadvantaged students (between 40% and 80% of student population) compared to Janesville’s 9,355 students, 53.7% of whom are economically disadvantaged (all as of 2025-26). Sun Prairie was also included as a peer that meets the enrollment criterion, approaches the disadvantaged criterion, and shares other key similarities to Janesville including geographic proximity, high school format, and athletic conference. Any users interested in comparing Janesville to other districts around the state can consult the Wisconsin Policy Forum’s School DataTool (https://wispolicyforum.org/research/school-datatool/).

Technical concerns with this DataTool? Please contact Don Cramer (dcramer@wispolicyforum.org). For district-specific questions, please contact info@janesville.k12.wi.us. Please see the Glossary and Data Notes buttons for information on the sources of the data. This DataTool is best viewed on a desktop, and may not appear correctly on mobile.

Click the button below to begin exploring data!