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Wauwatosa School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Wauwatosa School District runs 17 public schools with 6,704 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.9 students per teacher is 1.1 lower than the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 17
- Students
- 6,704
- Teachers (FTE)
- 521
- Students per teacher
- 12.9
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 12121 W North Ave, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
- Phone
- (414)773-1000
- County
- Milwaukee County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5515990
- State district ID
- WI-6244
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,013
- School counselors (FTE)
- 18.0About 372 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 23.0
- Charter schools
- 2
Students per teacher compared
This district12.9
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 (6,917), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $113.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.9 million
- State revenue
- $33.3 million
- Local revenue
- $74.0 million
- Total spending
- $168.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $24,343
- Salaries
- $48.8 million29.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $108.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.2%
- State: 29.4%
- Local: 65.4%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$24,343
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Wauwatosa School District
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 11 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| East High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,043 | 15.3 |
| Eisenhower Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 373 | 11.3 |
| Jefferson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 222 | 11.1 |
| Lincoln Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 336 | 12.9 |
| Longfellow Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 782 | 16.0 |
| Madison Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 257 | 11.7 |
| McKinley Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 388 | 13.4 |
| Roosevelt Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 396 | 13.7 |
| Underwood Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 315 | 11.2 |
| Vel R Phillips School | Other | K to 12 | 139 | 4.8 |
| Washington Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 285 | 13.0 |
| Wauwatosa Montessori School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 176 | 17.6 |
| Wauwatosa STEMCharter | Elementary | K to 5 | 127 | 31.8 |
| Wauwatosa Virtual AcademyCharter | Other | K to 12 | 91 | 22.8 |
| West High | High | 9 to 12 | 986 | 15.2 |
| Whitman Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 570 | 12.1 |
| Wilson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 218 | 9.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Milwaukee County
- Milwaukee School District 65,599 students
- West Allis-West Milwaukee School District 6,615 students
- Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District 6,554 students
- Franklin Public School District 4,666 students
- Greenfield School District 3,380 students
- Whitefish Bay School District 2,861 students
- South Milwaukee School District 2,686 students
- Greendale School District 2,546 students
- Whitnall School District 2,364 students
- Cudahy School District 1,985 students
- Shorewood School District 1,916 students
- Milwaukee Science Education Consortium Inc 1,711 students
- Brown Deer School District 1,613 students
- United Community Center Inc 1,552 students
- Seeds of Health Inc 1,287 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.