Case Study: Stoughton Area School District achieves streamlined payroll, benefits, and onboarding with GoCo

How a one-woman payroll and benefits department supports 500 employees using GoCo

Stoughton Area School District faced a staffing and administrative squeeze: a single payroll and benefits administrator was managing payroll for 500+ employees and onboarding roughly 40 new teachers each year using paper-based processes, making open enrollment and contract management time-consuming and error-prone. To solve this, the district adopted GoCo’s HR platform to streamline payroll, benefits administration, and onboarding.

GoCo implemented a unified system—complete with easy census uploads, online open enrollment, and Magic Docs for digital contracts—that eliminated much of the manual work and paper flow. As a result, the district supported 500+ employees with one administrator, had every teacher contract signed before the end of the school year for the first time, and cut onboarding and enrollment time while improving compliance and day-to-day responsiveness thanks to GoCo’s support.

Stoughton Area School District

Shelly Riddle

Payroll Associate