School District of La Crosse

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School District of La Crosse
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District information
TypePublic
Grades PK - 12
SuperintendentAaron Engel [1]
Budget$92,110,410
Students and staff
Students6,139 (2021–2022) [2]
Teachers563 [3]
Staff415 [3]
Other information
Website http://www.lacrosseschools.com

The School District of La Crosse is a school district in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. The district serves the city of La Crosse, Wisconsin as well as several surrounding suburbs. As of 2021, the district has 16 separate facilities, providing a total of 20 elementary, middle, high, and charter school programs. [4]

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As of the 2021–2022 school year, the district has a total enrollment of 6,139 and a student/teacher ratio of 11.13. [3] [2] In total, the district has an average attendance rate of 95.1% and an annual dropout rate of 0.3%. [5]

Schools

High schools

Middle schools

Elementary schools

Charter schools

Proposal for new high school

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New La Crosse high school budget proposal

In 2022, the school board put in a proposal to have a referendum on building a new high school at the former Trane Company headquarters site at 3600 Pammel Creek Road. The total cost for the new school facilities and renovation of other schools in the school district were estimated at $194.7 million. The proposal would have combined the two current high schools Central High School and Logan high school at the new site. [6] [7] The referendum appeared on the 2022 midterms ballot on November 8 and was not approved. [8]

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References

  1. Marcou, Nick (March 23, 2020). "Board selects Dr. Aaron Engel as new superintendent of schools". School District of La Crosse. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "School District of La Crosse Enrollment". Wisconsin's Information System for Education Data Dashboard. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction . Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "District Detail for La Crosse School District". National Center for Education Statistics . Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  4. "District Facility Study Report". Google Docs. School District of La Crosse. March 1, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  5. "School District of La Crosse Attendance-Dropouts". Wisconsin's Information System for Education Data Dashboard. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction . Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  6. "Referendum Information". School District of La Crosse. 2022.
  7. Loroff, Alex (August 27, 2022). "School District of la Crosse continuing referendum discussions". WEAU .
  8. "La Crosse voters handily reject school district referendum". WKBT-DT . November 9, 2022.