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Waukesha School District

Waukesha, Wisconsin · Superintendent: James Sebert · #7 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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10,922

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,778

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

13.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Waukesha School District is a public school district based in Waukesha, Wisconsin, serving 10,922 students in 27 schools. By enrollment it ranks #7 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 97% of them. Its schools average 405 students each, about the same as the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is James Sebert. It spends about $12,778 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.9 students per teacher.

How Waukesha compares

WaukeshaWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,778

Wisconsin median $12,911 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,283

Wisconsin median $7,657 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school405

Wisconsin median 430 · 6% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.9

Wisconsin median 13.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor575

Wisconsin median 358 · 61% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$187.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 6%State 38%Local 55%

Measure	Waukesha	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,778	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,283	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$209.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$187.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	783	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,404	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.9	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	575	358	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Wisconsin median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

Leadership

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James Sebert

Superintendent, Waukesha School District

Source: Wisconsin DPI, School Directory, checked 2026-10-05. Report a change

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Peer districts in Wisconsin

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Waukesha School DistrictWaukesha · this district	10,922	27	$12,778	13.9	#7
Eau Claire Area School DistrictEau Claire	10,687	23	$13,145	13.5	#8
Janesville School DistrictJanesville	9,355	22	$12,814	12.2	#9
Sheboygan Area School DistrictSheboygan	9,285	26	$13,202	13.7	#10
Oshkosh Area School DistrictOshkosh	9,101	18	$13,997	12.3	#11

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Liberty CountyHinesville, GA	10,925	$11,586	16.2
East Ramapo Central School District (spring Valley)Spring Valley, NY	10,918	$30,802	14.6
Cherry Hill School DistrictCherry Hill, NJ	10,910	$21,620	12.4
Lynwood UnifiedLynwood, CA	10,900	$16,041	22.9

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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