All School Districts, Wisconsin 2023

Created By:

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Description:

This dataset includes boundaries for all school district boundaries within the state of Wisconsin. By law, all territory in the state must be included within a public school district. The US Census Bureau identifies three types of school districts. Unified school districts serve children of all grade levels, Elementary primarily serve students in the elementary grades, and Secondary primarily serve children in grades 9-12. Out of 421 school districts in Wisconsin, 43 are considered elementary districts, 10 are secondary districts, and 368 are unified districts. Elementary and secondary school districts overlap. This layer is an aggregate of county-submitted data for school district boundaries.Each year, there is a chance for reorganizations to take place that either transfer territory between school districts or consolidate/dissolve/create districts. These reorganizations go into effect on July 1st of each year. In 2023, there were four (4) reorganizations that involved unified school districts and no reorganizations involving secondary or elementary districts. The reorganizations took place in Dane, Marathon, and Waukesha counties. Transfers of territory took place between the following pairs of districts: Edgar and Marathon City, West Allis-West Milwaukee and New Berlin, and Verona and Madison Metropolitan. Please refer to the property transfer log for more information.This is not an official authoritative statewide dataset for unified school district boundaries nor does one exist for Wisconsin. The boundaries reflect tax parcel data submitted by Wisconsin counties in January of each year. These boundaries are updated annually around July 1 to reflect boundary changes from the reorganization process and as needed throughout the rest of the year.

Subject(s):

Boundaries

Year(s):

2023

Held By:

UW-Madison Robinson Map Library

Supplemental Info:

In 2023, there were four (4) reorganizations that involved unified school districts and no reorganizations involving secondary or elementary districts. The reorganizations took place in Dane, Marathon, and Waukesha counties. Transfers of territory took place between the following pairs of districts: Edgar and Marathon City, West Allis-West Milwaukee and New Berlin, and Verona and Madison Metropolitan. Please refer to the property transfer log for more information. In 2022, there were seven (7) reorganizations that involved unified school districts. The reorganizations took place in Adams, Dane, Marathon, and Waukesha counties. Transfers of territory took place between the following pairs of districts: Adams-Friendship Area and Westfield, Wausau and Marathon City, Middleton-Cross Plains Area and Madison Metropolitan, Waukesha and Elmbrook, and Hamilton and Menomonee Falls. Please refer to the property transfer log for more information. In 2021, there were six (6) reorganizations that involved unified school districts. The reorganizations took place in Dane, Marathon, and St. Croix counties. Transfers of territory took place between the following pairs of districts: Merrill Area and Athens, DeForest Area and Madison Metropolitan, Middleton-Cross Plains Area and Madison Metropolitan, and Somerset and Hudson. In 2020, there were six (6) reorganizations that involved unified school districts. The reorganizations took place in Dane, St. Croix, and Waukesha counties. Transfers of territory took place between the following pairs of districts: Mineral Point and Iowa-Grant; Norris and Mukwonago; Middleton-Cross Plains and Madison Metropolitan; New Richmond and Somerset; and Middleton-Cross Plains and Wisconsin Heights. In 2019 there were eleven (11) reorganizations that involved unified school districts. The reorganizations took place in Calumet, Dane, Eau Claire, Iowa, La, Crosse, St. Croix, and Winnebago counties. Transfers of territory took place between the following pairs of districts: In 2018, there were twelve (12) reorganizations that involved unified school districts. The reorganizations took place in Dane, Fond du Lac, Iron, Iowa, La, Crosse, Polk, St. Croix, and Washington counties. Transfers of territory took place between the following pairs of districts: Turtle Lake and Amery; Hurley (unified) and Lakeland UHS (secondary) / North Lakeland (elementary); West Salem and La Crosse; Waupun and Rosendale-Brandon; Middleton Cross-Plains and Madison Metropolitan; Osceola and Somerset; Mineral Point and Pecatonica

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