Regular local school district · Marathon County
Wausau School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Wausau School District runs 21 public schools with 7,738 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.3 students per teacher is about the same as the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 21
- Students
- 7,738
- Teachers (FTE)
- 580
- Students per teacher
- 13.3
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 415 Seymour St, Wausau, WI 54403
- Phone
- (715)261-0500
- County
- Marathon County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5515900
- State district ID
- WI-6223
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,145
- School counselors (FTE)
- 32.0About 242 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 31.0
- Charter schools
- 4
Students per teacher compared
This district13.3
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 (7,786), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $133.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.4 million
- State revenue
- $73.0 million
- Local revenue
- $52.3 million
- Total spending
- $118.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,178
- Salaries
- $62.4 million52.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $26.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.3%
- State: 54.6%
- Local: 39.1%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,178
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Wausau School District
By level: 3 high, 2 middle, 15 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| East High | High | 9 to 12 | 893 | 14.2 |
| Enrich Excel Achieve Learning AcademyCEP schoolCharter | High | 6 to 12 | 38 | 7.6 |
| Franklin ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 181 | 10.6 |
| G D Jones ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 492 | 13.7 |
| Grant ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 189 | 10.5 |
| Hawthorn Hills ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 227 | 12.6 |
| Hewitt-Texas Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 85 | 14.2 |
| Horace Mann Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 635 | 13.5 |
| John Marshall ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 231 | 12.2 |
| John Muir Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 967 | 13.1 |
| Lincoln ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 204 | 9.3 |
| Maine Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 229 | 13.5 |
| Red Granite Charter School IncCharter | Elementary | PK to 8 | 51 | 17.0 |
| Rib Mountain Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 194 | 12.9 |
| Riverview Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 445 | 16.5 |
| South Mountain Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 235 | 11.8 |
| Stettin Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 327 | 19.2 |
| Thomas Jefferson ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 372 | 13.3 |
| Wausau Area Montessori Charter SchoolCharter | Elementary | PK to 8 | 121 | 17.3 |
| Wausau Area Virtual EducationCharter | Other | K to 12 | 152 | 16.9 |
| West High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,470 | 15.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Marathon County
- D C Everest Area School District 5,847 students
- Mosinee School District 1,902 students
- Stratford School District 774 students
- Marathon City School District 770 students
- Spencer School District 631 students
- Edgar School District 575 students
- Athens School District 417 students
- Marathon County CDEB
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.