Regular local school district · La Crosse County
La Crosse School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
La Crosse School District runs 19 public schools with 5,717 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.0 students per teacher is 3.0 lower than the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 19
- Students
- 5,717
- Teachers (FTE)
- 520
- Students per teacher
- 11.0
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 807 East Ave S, La Crosse, WI 54601
- Phone
- (608)789-7600
- County
- La Crosse County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5507530
- State district ID
- WI-2849
- Total staff (FTE)
- 888
- School counselors (FTE)
- 19.0About 301 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 22.0
- Charter schools
- 5
Students per teacher compared
This district11.0
Wisconsin14.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (6,269), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $118.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.5 million
- State revenue
- $46.6 million
- Local revenue
- $63.3 million
- Total spending
- $115.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,432
- Salaries
- $56.9 million49.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $13.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.2%
- State: 39.4%
- Local: 53.4%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,432
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in La Crosse School District
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 11 elementary, 1 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Central High | High | 9 to 12 | 969 | 13.1 |
| Coulee Montessori Charter SchoolCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | PK to 6 | 118 | 14.8 |
| Coulee Region Virtual AcademyCharter | Other | K to 12 | 102 | 17.0 |
| Emerson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 317 | 12.7 |
| Hamilton Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 151 | 7.9 |
| Hintgen ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 210 | 7.8 |
| La Crosse Offsite Preschool | Prekindergarten | PK | 104 | |
| La Crosse Polytechnic SchoolCharter | High | 6 to 12 | 86 | 17.2 |
| Logan High | High | 9 to 12 | 729 | 11.6 |
| Logan Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 424 | 9.0 |
| Longfellow Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 631 | 10.3 |
| North Woods International SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 255 | 9.4 |
| Northside ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 237 | 7.4 |
| School of Technology and Arts ICharter | Elementary | PK to 5 | 104 | 17.3 |
| School of Technology and Arts IICharter | Middle | 6 to 8 | 39 | |
| Southern Bluffs Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 333 | 12.8 |
| Spence Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 329 | 11.8 |
| State Road Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 284 | 12.3 |
| Summit Environmental School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 295 | 11.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in La Crosse County
- Holmen School District 3,787 students
- Onalaska School District 2,920 students
- West Salem School District 1,814 students
- Bangor School District 665 students
- Cooperative Ed Serv Agcy 04
More in Wisconsin
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.