Appleton Area School District

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Appleton Area School District
Address
131 E. Washington St. Suite 1A
, Wisconsin , 54911
United States
Coordinates 44°15′45″N88°24′17″W / 44.26261°N 88.404793°W / 44.26261; -88.404793
District information
TypePublic
MottoSuccess for Every Student, Every Day
Grades PK - 12
PresidentKay Eggert
Vice-presidentKris Sauter
SuperintendentGreg Hartjes
Asst. superintendent(s)
  • Steve Harrison
  • Nan Bunnow
  • Ebony Grice
  • Mike Hernandez
  • Sheree Garvey
  • Laura Jackson
  • Amy Steiner
SchoolsElementary 15
Middle 3
High 3
Charter 14
Budget$231.8 million (2021-2022) [1]
NCES District ID 5500390 [2]
Students and staff
Students16,081 [2]
Teachers1,047 [2]
Staff1,671 [2]
Student–teacher ratio~27:1
Athletic conference Fox Valley Association
Other information
ScheduleM-F except state holidays
Website www.aasd.k12.wi.us

The Appleton Area School District, also known as AASD, is a school district that serves Appleton and Grand Chute, Wisconsin. Situated in the heart of the Fox River Valley of northeast Wisconsin, the AASD serves the city of Appleton and its nearly 75,000 residents. The Superintendent of Schools is Greg Hartjes [3] and the current board president is Kay S. Eggert. [4]

Contents

The Appleton Area School District serves 16,281 [5] students in 15 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 3 high schools and 14 recognized charter schools. The district spends $9,403 per pupil[ citation needed ] and has 16 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. It has a grades 9-12 dropout rate of 2.1% as of 2016. [6]

High schools (Grades 9-12)

Middle schools (Grades 7-8)

Elementary schools (Grades 4K-6)

Charter schools

Magnet schools

Historical schools

1961-1962 Appleton School District merger

A 1959 Wisconsin state law required that all school districts have an attached high school in their district. In practice this meant that school districts without a high school either had to merge with districts that did, or build their own by a July 1962 deadline. Appleton School District ended up absorbing several schools and/or school districts to comply with the mandate. [26]

In 1961 the Red Star School District was attached to the Appleton School District, [26] after a vote to attach failed in 1959. At that time a new larger school was proposed by the school district, but building this never came to fruition, and the 1961 vote to attach succeeded.

More schools were merged into the Appleton School District on April 25, 1962: [26]

Historical Select Schools

Notes

  1. 1 2 Considered a charter and middle school

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Appleton Area School District". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved October 23, 2021.
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  4. "Board Members". aasd.k12.wi.us. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  5. "Our District". AASD. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
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  7. West, Samantha. "Appleton School Board moves to rename Lincoln Elementary in honor of Ron Dunlap". The Post-Crescent. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Lincoln School Has Link With City's History". The Post-Crescent. May 18, 1954. p. 8. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
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  25. 1 2 Meier, William (May 14, 1954). "Six Schools Built in City Since 1949". The Post-Crescent. p. 11. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  26. 1 2 3 "5 School Districts, Parts of Others Added to Appleton". The Post-Crescent. April 26, 1962. p. 35. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  27. 1 2 "1-Room School Closes, Ends Era". The Oshkosh Northwestern. July 3, 1965. p. 5. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  28. "Appleton Closes Last One-Room Schoolhouse, Once Center of Era". The Post-Crescent. June 27, 1965. p. 40. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  29. "District Erects New $6,500 School in '28". The Post-Crescent. December 26, 1928. p. 5. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  30. "Triangle is Example of Vanishing 1-Room School". The Post-Crescent. May 26, 1960. p. 44. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  31. 1 2 "Board Orders Triangle School Closed". The Post-Crescent. June 12, 1962. p. 15. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
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