Dozens of school districts saw ballot measures approved by voters during the 2026 Spring Election in Wisconsin.
According to unofficial results posted Tuesday night by county clerks across the state, 46 of 75 referendum questions passed, while 29 failed.
Margins for passing a referendum were tight, as 11 were approved by 83 or fewer votes. Four rural northern Wisconsin districts saw passage by under three dozen “yes” votes: Gilman (+30), Crandon (+19), Shell Lake (+2), and Butternut (+1).
On the flip side, four more districts saw their measures fail by fewer than two dozen votes: Twin Lakes #4 (-23), Montello (-23), Markesan (-19), and Lena (-17).
All told, 18 of the 75 referendum questions on ballots Tuesday were decided by fewer than 88 votes, or roughly a quarter. The gap between yes and no as a percentage of all votes was under 10% for roughly half of ballot measures, while only three questions saw a 70% or higher percentage of yes or no votes.
Debt referendums – capital projects involving facilities – passed 9 of 12 questions on ballots Tuesday. The projects ranged from a high school renovation project in rural Cornell, which overwhelmingly passed, in an effort to keep students in grades 9-12 enrolled in the district, to an approved $147 million project to update facilities all across the Howard-Suamico School District.
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