Wausau School District

Wausau School District
Location
415 Seymour Street, Wausau, WI
United States
Information
Type Public
Motto Educating for the future, one child at a time.
Established 1861
Superintendent Dr. Michael Schwei
Enrollment 8,836
Color(s) Purple, White, Gold
Website Wausau School District homepage

The Wausau School District is a public school district serving the Wausau metropolitan area, including the City of Wausau and the Towns of Rib Mountain, Wausau, Stettin, and Texas. It contains two high schools, two middle schools, 14 elementary schools, and one alternative high school.

Schools

Elementary schools

  • Franklin Elementary[1]
  • Grant Elementary[2]
  • Hawthorn Hills Elementary[3]
  • Hewitt Texas Elementary[4]
  • Jefferson Elementary[5]
  • G.D. Jones Elementary[6]
  • A.C. Kiefer Elementary[7]
  • Lincoln Elementary[8]
  • Maine Elementary[9]
  • Rib Mountain Elementary[10]
  • John Marshall Elementary[11]
  • Riverview Elementary[12]
  • South Mountain Elementary[13]
  • Stettin Elementary[14]

Middle schools

  • Horace Mann Middle School[15]
  • John Muir Middle School

High schools

Schools no longer existing

  • Berlin School
  • Humboldt School, built in 1873–1874
  • Washington School, built in 1889
  • Franklin School, built in 1883
  • Lincoln School, built in 1883
  • Columbia School, built in 1885
  • Longfellow School, built in 1894; now administrative offices for the school district
  • Wausau High School and Wausau Senior High, built in 1898 and renovated in 1936, 1951, 1961, and 1986. The old building is now an apartment complex.
  • Horace Mann Junior High, demolished in 1984, rebuilt on 13th and Sells Streets as Horace Mann Middle School in 1993.
  • Marathon County Training School for Teachers, built in 1889; the University of Wisconsin–Marathon County now occupies the site.

Notable people

  • Charles Zarnke, Wisconsin politician, was janitor for the school district after he left office

References

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