Schools · Wausau
Wausau, WI schools
20 public, charter and private schools in Wausau. Search by name or narrow by level, type.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C+
Wausau’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Wausau’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 59% of Wisconsin’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
C+Test scoresC+Graduation
Wisconsin school districts we grade (436)Better than 41%
Lower resultsHigher results
Wisconsin towns with similar household incomes (976)Better than 52%
High confidence. Built on 3,643 tested students and a graduating class of 571; 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 (Wausau School District)33%
State average 37.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
94% graduate on time
Graduation rate
94%
WI: 90.1%
Graduating class
571
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #157 of 301 WI towns →
Districts
The district serving Wausau
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 20 schools in Wausau
Showing 1–20 of 20 schools
G D Jones ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 492 students
C-PublicRiverview ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 445 students
BPublicThomas Jefferson ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 372 students
BPublicStettin ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 327 students
B+PublicJohn Marshall ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 231 students
CPublicHawthorn Hills ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 227 students
C-PublicLincoln ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 204 students
DPublicGrant ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 189 students
C+PublicFranklin ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 181 students
DPublicWausau Area Montessori Charter SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 121 students
B-CharterTrinity Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 175 students
PrivateNewman Catholic Elementary at St. Anne ParishElementary · Grades K–5 · 168 students
PrivateMountain View MontessoriElementary · Grades PK–K · 108 students
PrivateOur Saviors Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 31 students
PrivateJohn Muir MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 967 students
B-PublicHorace Mann MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 635 students
B-PublicWest HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,470 students
B-PublicEast HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 893 students
CPublicEnrich Excel Achieve Learning AcademyHigh · Grades 6–12 · 38 students
DCharterWausau Area Virtual EducationOther · Grades K–12 · 152 students
CharterSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.