Regular local school district · Dane County
Waunakee Community School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Waunakee Community School District runs 7 public schools with 4,415 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.4 students per teacher is 1.6 lower than the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 4,415
- Teachers (FTE)
- 356
- Students per teacher
- 12.4
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 905 Bethel Cir, Waunakee, WI 53597
- Phone
- (608)849-2000
- County
- Dane County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5515810
- State district ID
- WI-6181
- Total staff (FTE)
- 669
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 401 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.4
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 (4,304), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $67.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.3 million
- State revenue
- $26.4 million
- Local revenue
- $39.6 million
- Total spending
- $61.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,283
- Salaries
- $32.5 million52.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $61.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 1.9%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 58.9%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,283
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Waunakee Community School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Arboretum Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 435 | 13.6 |
| Waunakee Community 4K School | Prekindergarten | PK | 249 | 24.9 |
| Waunakee Heritage Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 537 | 11.9 |
| Waunakee High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,335 | 13.0 |
| Waunakee Intermediate | Middle | 5 to 6 | 661 | 11.8 |
| Waunakee Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 667 | 10.3 |
| Waunakee Prairie Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 531 | 12.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Dane County
- Madison Metropolitan School District 25,155 students
- Sun Prairie Area School District 8,596 students
- Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District 7,167 students
- McFarland School District 5,921 students
- Verona Area School District 5,796 students
- De Forest Area School District 4,246 students
- Oregon School District 4,186 students
- Monona Grove School District 3,672 students
- Stoughton Area School District 2,735 students
- Mount Horeb Area School District 2,298 students
- Marshall School District 964 students
- Belleville School District 936 students
- Wisconsin Heights School District 788 students
- Deerfield Community School District 730 students
- One City Schools Inc 427 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.