About Wausau School District
Wausau School District is a public school system serving Marathon County, Wisconsin, based in Wausau. It serves 7,738 students across 21 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: small district. By enrollment it is the #14 largest of Wisconsin’s 448 school systems.
Size and structure
Wausau School District enrolls 7,738 students in 21 schools — an average of about 368 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #14 of 448 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Wausau School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (7,738 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Wausau School District employs about 581 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 13.3:1 — below the Wisconsin average of about 13.6:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 1,145.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Wisconsin funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Wausau School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Wisconsin rates schools and districts on the Wisconsin School & District Report Cards, scoring a 0–100 index across Achievement, Growth, Target Group Outcomes and On-Track to Graduation into five ratings from Significantly Exceeds to Fails to Meet Expectations. Look up Wausau School District on the Wisconsin Report Cards.
Accreditation status
Wisconsin does not require accreditation of its public districts; the Department of Public Instruction oversees them directly, and accreditation through Cognia is voluntary. Look up Wausau School District in the free Cognia registry.
Wausau School District vs. Wisconsin
See every Wisconsin district side by side in the Wisconsin directory.
Look up Wausau School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):