Wausau Area Montessori Charter School

Wausau Area Montessori Charter School is an elementary campus of tiny scale in Wausau, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Wausau School District, hosting 121 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 63% smaller than the state mean of about 323.

Across the 21 schools in Wausau School District (7,738 students total), Wausau Area Montessori Charter School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wausau Area Montessori Charter School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Other groups include 8% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Marathon County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Wausau Area Montessori Charter School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Marathon County put median household income runs about $77,884, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Marathon County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,592 students), of which Wausau Area Montessori Charter School is one.

Horace Mann Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wausau Area Montessori Charter School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wausau Area Montessori Charter School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 48.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. As a public charter, Wausau Area Montessori Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wausau Area Montessori Charter School's enrollment has decreased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 127 (now 121). White enrollment moved from 82% to 86% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.