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La Crosse School District Schools
La Crosse School District is a public school district in Wisconsin, based in La Crosse County (La Crosse). SchoolGrade grades 20 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
La Crosse School District on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for La Crosse School District
18 of 20 schools in La Crosse School District carry a SchoolGrade (2 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
A: 1B: 4C: 3D: 10
Best schools in La Crosse School District
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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A+ La Crosse Polytechnic School (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- B+ Spence Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- B+ School Of Technology And Arts I (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- B Southern Bluffs Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- B- Emerson Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- C School Of Technology And Arts Ii (Middle school, doesn't meet expectations)
- C State Road Elementary (Elementary school, underperforms expectations)
- C Central High (High school, underperforms expectations)
- D+ Logan Middle (Middle school, underperforms expectations)
- D+ North Woods International School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
Every school in La Crosse School District
High schools (2)
- C Central High, La Crosse
- D+ Logan High, La Crosse
Middle and junior high schools (3)
- Lincoln Middle, La Crosse
- D+ Logan Middle, La Crosse
- D Longfellow Middle, La Crosse
Elementary and primary schools (7)
- B- Emerson Elementary, La Crosse
- D- Hamilton Elementary School, La Crosse
- D- Hintgen Elementary, La Crosse
- D- Northside Elementary, La Crosse
- B Southern Bluffs Elementary, La Crosse
- B+ Spence Elementary, La Crosse
- C State Road Elementary, La Crosse
Other schools and academies (8)
- D- Coulee Montessori Charter School, La Crosse
- D- Coulee Region Virtual Academy, La Crosse
- La Crosse Offsite Preschool, La Crosse
- A+ La Crosse Polytechnic School, La Crosse
- D+ North Woods International School, La Crosse
- B+ School Of Technology And Arts I, La Crosse
- C School Of Technology And Arts Ii, La Crosse
- D+ Summit Environmental School, La Crosse
Where La Crosse School District schools are
Cities and towns served (1)
- La Crosse (20)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Wisconsin
- County: La Crosse County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: small city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 5,794 students with 549 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,045 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 5507530
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Onalaska School District (6 schools, 7 mi)
- West Salem School District (3 schools, 8 mi)
- Holmen School District (7 schools, 14 mi)
- Westby Area School District (4 schools, 14 mi)
- De Soto Area School District (5 schools, 21 mi)
- Viroqua Area School District (6 schools, 21 mi)
- Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District (5 schools, 23 mi)
- Sparta Area School District (8 schools, 25 mi)
Questions about La Crosse School District
How many schools are in La Crosse School District?
SchoolGrade grades 20 public schools in La Crosse School District, across 1 city or town. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does La Crosse School District serve?
The largest by graded schools: La Crosse.
How good are the schools in La Crosse School District?
Across the 18 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is C-, with 38.4% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 49.4%. 17% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend La Crosse School District?
5,794 students were enrolled in La Crosse School District in the 2023-24 school year, about 10.6 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is La Crosse School District?
La Crosse School District is in Wisconsin, based in La Crosse County, with its district office in La Crosse. Its boundary covers about 83.1 sq mi.