Muskego Historical Society
Historical Schools
First School
Tess Corners Elementary #1
1869 This was the first school in southeastern Waukesha County (and Muskego).
Durham Hill School
Durham Hill School circa 1954.
Located near the intersection of highway 45 and 36. Designed by E.F. Ihlenfield, a Burlington, WI architect and built by Weir Brothers of Mukwonago.
Muskego District #6 was organized circa 1842. In the early 1920's the district became Joint #6. It joined the Muskego-Norway Consolidated Schools, Joint District #9 in 1960. The modern school was constructed in 1954. The principal of the school was Carol Vieth.
Closed in 1977.
Muckey School
Peter Muckey, an early Muskego settler, gave the land for the first frame school that was built in this district about 1860 and it was known as the Muckey School on Hwy 24. Originally a log tavern was built there as a place of rest and food on the wilderness trail in 1841.
The school room was heated by a large box stove. The room was filled with long benches where the pupils sat.
On March 11th, 1948 a fire destroyed the frame school and a brick school was built in its place.
The school was closed in 1968.
Oak Grove Elementary School
Muskego District #7, later Joint #7 was organized prior to 1859. The district joined the Muskego-Norway Consolidated Schools, Joint District #9 in 1960. The school was closed in 1965. The school building was later sold and is now a private residence. It is unknown what became of the school records.
Muskego Elementary
Muskego District #2
The first recorded school meeting was in 1858. It was decided to raise $300 and choose a site for the school. The site chosen was near the east end of the garden patch just north of Janesville Plank Road (now L). The garden patch later became a cemetery.
The school was used for social gatherings as early as 1900. In 1925 it was decided to sell the property and build a new school. They chose a one acre site which is the current location of the Muskego School Apartments. The school was finished in 1926. After WWII as population increased they purchased five more acres of the Michi property and the Bauman house. In 1946 the Bauman house was used for grades 7 and 8. In 1949 an addition was built on the west side of the building. In 1951 Miss Lillian Kingston gave funds to build the auditorium, named in her honor. In 1952 another addition of five rooms was built. The final addition, in 1956, added six rooms and a kitchen.
In 1960, Muskego voters elected for consolidation, so the school became a part of the Muskego-Norway School District. In 1964 the intermediate grades were removed from the school, and it was renamed Muskego Elementary School. It remained as an elementary school until permanently closing in 2017.
The building is listed in the State and National Register of Historic Places as Muskego State Graded School.It is located at S74 W17476 Janesville Rd.
The school building was later sold and is now Muskego School Apartments.
Mill Valley Elementary
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Denoon School
St. Paul's Lutheran School
Current Schools
Bay Lane Elementary School
Lakeview Elementary School
Mill Valley Elementary School
Lake Denoon Middle School
Muskego Lakes Middle School
Muskego High School
St. Paul's Lutheran School
St. Leonard's Catholic School
