Schools · Waukesha
Waukesha, WI schools
30 public, charter and private schools in Waukesha. Search by name or narrow by level, type or district.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C+
Waukesha’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Waukesha’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 65% of Wisconsin’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B-Test scoresC-Graduation
Wisconsin school districts we grade (436)Better than 35%
Lower resultsHigher results
Wisconsin towns with similar household incomes (1,308)Better than 34%
High confidence. Built on 5,522 tested students and a graduating class of 1,093; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Wisconsin’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Wisconsin only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Wisconsin with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (Waukesha School District)38%
State average 37.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
89% graduate on time
Graduation rate
89%
WI: 90.1%
Graduating class
1,093
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #258 of 301 WI towns →
Districts
The district serving Waukesha
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Waukesha is home to Carroll University
More about Carroll University →Every school
All 30 schools in Waukesha
Showing 1–30 of 30 schools
Waukesha STEM AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 580 students
ACharterBanting ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 486 students
CPublicSummit View ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 449 students
A-PublicBethesda ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 401 students
A-PublicPrairie ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 348 students
A-PublicLowell ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 347 students
B-PublicHadfield ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 338 students
DPublicHeyer ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 328 students
C-PublicHawthorne ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 321 students
C-PublicLa Casa de Esperanza Charter SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 310 students
C-CharterWhite Rock SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 286 students
APublicMeadowbrook ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 243 students
APublicHillcrest ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 239 students
A-PubliceAchieve ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 111 students
C-CharterWaukesha Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 441 students
PrivateMount Calvary Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 215 students
PrivateTrinity Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 160 students
PrivateButler MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 786 students
B-PublicLes Paul MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 547 students
BPublicHorning MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 534 students
CPublicWest HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,167 students
BPublicNorth HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 911 students
C-PublicSouth HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 833 students
C-PubliceAchieve Academy - WisconsinHigh · Grades 6–12 · 639 students
C+CharterWaukesha Engineering Preparatory AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 144 students
ACharterWaukesha Academy of Health ProfessionsHigh · Grades 9–12 · 112 students
B-CharterWaukesha East Alternative SchoolHigh · Grades 6–12 · 74 students
DPublicWaukesha Transition AcademyHigh · Grades 12 · 36 students
PublicRiverview SchoolHigh · Grades 6–12 · 5 students
PublicWhite Rock CampusPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 167 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.