Regular local school district · Waukesha County
Waukesha School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Waukesha School District runs 27 public schools with 10,922 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 27
- Students
- 10,922
- Teachers (FTE)
- 783
- Students per teacher
- 13.9
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 301 Hyde Park Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53188
- Phone
- (262)970-1012
- County
- Waukesha County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5515780
- State district ID
- WI-6174
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,404
- School counselors (FTE)
- 19.0About 575 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 34.0
- Charter schools
- 5
Students per teacher compared
This district13.9
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 (12,344), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $187.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $11.8 million
- State revenue
- $71.7 million
- Local revenue
- $103.7 million
- Total spending
- $209.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,939
- Salaries
- $89.4 million42.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $38.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.3%
- State: 38.3%
- Local: 55.4%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,939
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Waukesha School District
By level: 9 high, 3 middle, 14 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Banting Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 486 | 11.6 |
| Bethesda Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 401 | 13.4 |
| Butler Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 786 | 14.3 |
| eAchieve Academy - WisconsinCharter | High | 6 to 12 | 639 | 23.7 |
| eAchieve ElementaryCharter | Elementary | PK to 5 | 111 | 18.5 |
| Hadfield Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 338 | 9.1 |
| Hawthorne Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 321 | 9.7 |
| Heyer Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 328 | 10.9 |
| Hillcrest Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 239 | 12.6 |
| Horning Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 534 | 11.4 |
| Les Paul Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 547 | 12.4 |
| Lowell Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 347 | 11.2 |
| Meadowbrook Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 243 | 12.8 |
| North High | High | 9 to 12 | 911 | 15.7 |
| Prairie Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 348 | 13.4 |
| Riverview School | High | 6 to 12 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Rose Glen Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 490 | 16.3 |
| South High | High | 9 to 12 | 833 | 11.7 |
| Summit View Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 449 | 14.5 |
| Waukesha Academy of Health ProfessionsCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 112 | 112.0 |
| Waukesha East Alternative School | High | 6 to 12 | 74 | 8.2 |
| Waukesha Engineering Preparatory AcademyCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 144 | 48.0 |
| Waukesha STEM AcademyCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 580 | 13.8 |
| Waukesha Transition Academy | High | 12 | 36 | 6.0 |
| West High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,167 | 17.7 |
| White Rock Campus | Prekindergarten | PK | 167 | 23.9 |
| White Rock School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 286 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Waukesha County
- Elmbrook School District 7,845 students
- Hamilton School District 5,131 students
- Oconomowoc Area School District 4,928 students
- Mukwonago School District 4,835 students
- Muskego-Norway School District 4,602 students
- New Berlin School District 4,334 students
- Menomonee Falls School District 3,876 students
- Kettle Moraine School District 3,361 students
- Pewaukee School District 2,907 students
- Arrowhead UHS School District 1,950 students
- Hartland-Lakeside J3 School District 1,091 students
- Merton Community School District 894 students
- Lake Country Classical Academy Inc 562 students
- Lake Country School District 447 students
- Swallow School District 432 students
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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.