La Crosse, WI
Kids in La Crosse
Public-school enrollment and staffing from NCES, plus bedrooms, childcare and how educated the adults already here are. This is not a GreatSchools ranking.
- Public-school students
- 22,654
- NCES CCD 2024-2025, regular and charter districts in this metro.
- Pupil–teacher ratio
- 12.3
- 1,834 teachers across 16 districts and 78 schools.
- Districts / schools
- 16 / 78
- Open regular, component and charter LEAs geocoded to this CBSA.
- Bedrooms you set
- 1
- A household this size usually wants a studio.
- Childcare in this setup
- $0
- No kids under 5 in the current household, so this is $0.
- Leftover with current kids
- $2,625
- After tax, rent and everything else.
Largest public school districts
The 12 biggest open regular and charter districts geocoded to the La Crosse metro, ranked by students enrolled. District websites are the direct source for enrollment boundaries, calendars and programs.
- La Crosse School District
La Crosse
- Students
- 5,717
- Schools
- 19
- Pupil–teacher
- 11
- Holmen School District
Holmen
- Students
- 3,787
- Schools
- 7
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.8
- Onalaska School District
Onalaska
- Students
- 2,920
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.8
- HOUSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
HOUSTON
- Students
- 1,934
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.5
- West Salem School District
West Salem
- Students
- 1,814
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.3
- Viroqua Area School District
Viroqua
- Students
- 1,031
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.1
- Westby Area School District
Westby
- Students
- 1,007
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.6
- La Crescent-Hokah School District
LA CRESCENT
- Students
- 998
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.4
- CALEDONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
CALEDONIA
- Students
- 693
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.5
- Bangor School District
Bangor
- Students
- 665
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.1
- Hillsboro School District
Hillsboro
- Students
- 472
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.4
- Kickapoo Area School District
Viola
- Students
- 464
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.1
Source: NCES CCD 2024–25, LEA directory, membership and staff files. Pupil–teacher is students divided by reported teacher FTE.
Public schools by level
- Primary
- 39
- Elementary grades
- Middle
- 13
- Middle or junior high
- High
- 22
- Secondary grades
- Other
- 3
- K–12, ungraded, alternative
77 open public schools in the NCES CCD 2024–25 school directory, grouped by the level NCES assigns from grades offered.
Where the La Crosse metro sits
Roughly the core of the La Crosse, WI metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
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If this were a family of four
Two adults, two kids, one under five, three bedrooms: leftover in La Crosse would be $527 a month, with $1,086 going to childcare. Run that household on the paycheck page →
Enrollment and staffing: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-2025, joined to metros with NCES EDGE LEA geocodes. Childcare is a national baseline scaled by this metro's cost index — not a daycare quote. No test-score rankings.