Central Wisconsin News

There were 7,738 students enrolled in Wausau School District in the 2024-25 school year, 0.6% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2024-25 school year, 51.2% identified themselves as boys, 48.8% as girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, accounting for 61.9% of the Wausau School District total enrollment.

Wausau School District covers 21 schools within Marathon County, with its main office in Wausau.

Among the 21 schools in the district, West High School recorded the highest enrollment of 1,470 students in the 2024-25 school year.

Wisconsin ranks 22nd in the U.S. for public education spending, with an annual expenditure of over $16,500 per pupil, totaling $13.8 billion per year.

School	Total Enrollment
West High School	1,470
John Muir Middle School	967
East High School	893
Horace Mann Middle School	635
G. D. Jones Elementary School	492
Riverview Elementary School	445
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	372
Stettin Elementary School	327
South Mountain Elementary School	235
John Marshall Elementary School	231
Maine Elementary School	229
Hawthorn Hills Elementary School	227
Lincoln Elementary School	204
Rib Mountain Elementary School	194
Grant Elementary School	189
Franklin Elementary School	181
Wausau Area Virtual Education	152
Wausau Area Montessori Charter School	121
Hewitt-Texas Elementary School	85
Red Granite Charter School Inc.	51
Enrich Excel Achieve Learning Academy	38