Appleton Area School District
Public school district based in Appleton, Wisconsin. NCES district ID 5500390; state ID WI-0147.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
39
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
14,994
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
1,060.7
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
Not shown: incomplete reporting
Charter schoolsDefinition
14
A district ratio is shown only when every school reported both enrollment and teachers. School-level ratios are in the table below.
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 783 | |
| Kindergarten | 961 | |
| Grade 1 | 1,003 | |
| Grade 2 | 1,015 | |
| Grade 3 | 1,043 | |
| Grade 4 | 1,017 | |
| Grade 5 | 1,044 | |
| Grade 6 | 1,064 | |
| Grade 7 | 1,120 | |
| Grade 8 | 1,147 | |
| Grade 9 | 1,103 | |
| Grade 10 | 1,207 | |
| Grade 11 | 1,181 | |
| Grade 12 | 1,306 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.6% | |
| Asian | 12.5% | |
| Black or African American | 5.2% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 13.6% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | Suppressed | |
| Two or more races | 7.2% | |
| White | 61.0% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | Suppressed | |
| Male | 100.0% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 35, Suburb 3, Rural 1.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North High Appleton | 9–12 | Regular | 1,635 | 94.6 | 17.3 | City: Small |
| East High Appleton | 9–12 | Regular | 1,238 | 84.5 | 14.6 | City: Small |
| West High Appleton | 9–12 | Regular | 1,024 | 75.6 | 13.5 | City: Small |
| Madison Middle Appleton | 6–8 | Regular | 929 | 68.0 | 13.7 | City: Small |
| Einstein Middle Appleton | 6–8 | Regular | 851 | 59.1 | 14.4 | City: Small |
| Wisconsin Connections AcademyCharter Appleton | PK–12 | Regular | 743 | 22.8 | 32.6 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Appleton Community 4K Appleton | PK | Regular | 672 | 35.6 | 18.9 | City: Small |
| Wilson Middle Appleton | 6–8 | Regular | 587 | 42.6 | 13.8 | City: Small |
| Huntley Elementary Appleton | PK–5 | Regular | 570 | 44.6 | 12.8 | City: Small |
| Houdini Elementary Appleton | PK–5 | Regular | 501 | 36.1 | 13.9 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Ferber Elementary Appleton | PK–5 | Regular | 499 | 36.8 | 13.5 | City: Small |
| Classical SchoolCharter Appleton | K–8 | Regular | 487 | 26.6 | 18.3 | City: Small |
| Kaleidoscope AcademyCharter Appleton | 6–8 | Regular | 456 | 37.7 | 12.1 | City: Small |
| Highlands Elementary Appleton | PK–5 | Regular | 417 | 41.5 | 10 | City: Small |
| McKinley Elementary Appleton | PK–5 | Regular | 380 | 31.9 | 11.9 | City: Small |
| Berry Elementary Appleton | PK–5 | Regular | 368 | 29.5 | 12.5 | City: Small |
| Ronald C Dunlap Elementary School Appleton | PK–5 | Regular | 314 | 31.2 | 10.1 | City: Small |
| Johnston Elementary Appleton | PK–5 | Regular | 286 | 26.0 | 11 | City: Small |
| Franklin Elementary Appleton | PK–5 | Regular | 277 | 24.8 | 11.2 | City: Small |
| Horizons Elementary Appleton | PK–5 | Regular | 264 | 27.3 | 9.7 | City: Small |
| Badger Elementary Appleton | PK–5 | Regular | 258 | 26.7 | 9.7 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Richmond Elementary Appleton | PK–5 | Regular | 245 | 19.8 | 12.4 | City: Small |
| Edison Elementary Appleton | PK–5 | Regular | 242 | 24.1 | 10 | City: Small |
| Odyssey-Magellan Appleton | 2–8 | Regular | 214 | 11.6 | 18.5 | City: Small |
| Jefferson Elementary Appleton | PK–5 | Regular | 212 | 22.7 | 9.3 | City: Small |
| Stephen Foster Elementary CharterCharter Appleton | PK–5 | Regular | 200 | 20.9 | 9.6 | City: Small |
| Renaissance SchoolCharter Appleton | 9–12 | Regular | 151 | 4.2 | 36 | City: Small |
| Fox River AcademyCharter Appleton | K–8 | Regular | 150 | 8.4 | 17.8 | City: Small |
| Appleton Public MontessoriCharter Grand Chute | PK–6 | Regular | 149 | 7.8 | 19.1 | Rural: Fringe |
| Tesla Engineering Charter SchoolCharter Appleton | 9–12 | Regular | 147 | 3.6 | 40.8 | City: Small |
| Appleton Bilingual SchoolCharter Appleton | K–5 | Regular | 139 | 8.5 | 16.4 | City: Small |
| Columbus Elementary Appleton | PK–5 | Regular | 88 | 8.2 | 10.7 | City: Small |
| Fox Cities Leadership AcademyCharter Appleton | 9–12 | Regular | 78 | 2.2 | 35.5 | City: Small |
| Appleton Technical AcademyCharter Appleton | 9–12 | Career and Technical | 68 | 2.9 | 23.2 | City: Small |
| Valley New SchoolCharter Appleton | 7–12 | Regular | 68 | 4.1 | 16.6 | City: Small |
| Appleton eSchoolCharter Appleton | 7–12 | Regular | 35 | 4.8 | 7.3 | City: Small |
| Appleview Appleton | PK–12 | Special Education | 29 | Not reported | — | City: Small |
| The Omolade AcademyCharter Appleton | K–3 | Regular | 23 | 3.5 | 6.6 | City: Small |
| Appleton Cooperative Educational Center Appleton | 9–12 | Alternative | 0 | Not reported | — | City: Small |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
Figures are republished from official files without adjustment, except where a page says a value is summed or derived. See methodology and definitions & limitations. Spotted a problem? Report a data issue.