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Wauwatosa School District

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin · Superintendent: Demond Means · #17 of 185 Wisconsin districts by enrollment

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6,704

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,073

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Wisconsin median

12.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Wisconsin median 13.7

Wauwatosa School District is a public school district based in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, serving 6,704 students in 17 schools. By enrollment it ranks #17 of the 185 Wisconsin districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 91% of them. Its schools average 394 students each, about the same as the Wisconsin median of 430. Its superintendent is Demond Means. It spends about $13,073 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.9 students per teacher.

How Wauwatosa compares

WauwatosaWisconsin median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,073

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

Instruction spending per student$8,158

Wisconsin median $7,657 · 7% above · FY2020-21

Students per school394

Wisconsin median 430 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.9

Wisconsin median 13.7 · 6% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor372

Wisconsin median 358 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$113.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 29%Local 65%

Measure	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,073	$12,911	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,158	$7,657	FY2020-21
Total spending	$168.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$113.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	521	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,013	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.9	13.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	372	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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Demond Means

Superintendent, Wauwatosa 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
Stevens Point Area Public School DistrictStevens Point	6,911	16	$13,974	15.1	#16
Wauwatosa School DistrictWauwatosa · this district	6,704	17	$13,073	12.9	#17
West Allis-West Milwaukee School DistrictWest Allis	6,615	15	$13,045	13.7	#18
Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School DistrictOak Creek	6,554	11	$11,714	15.6	#19
Neenah Joint School DistrictNeenah	6,473	11	$11,596	15.4	#20

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Warsaw Community SchoolsWarsaw, IN	6,709	$9,617	13.2
Hudsonville Public School DistrictHudsonville, MI	6,709	$11,560	16.0
Henderson CountyHenderson, KY	6,707	$12,338	16.0
Red Oak ISDRed Oak, TX	6,696	$10,014	16.0

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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