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
Mill Valley Elementary
A cube-shaped brick building was built in 1926. It was a four room school that housed Kindergarten through eighth grade students. As WWII ended, the school could no longer hold the student population and so the Bauman house next to the school was purchased. Students in seventh and eighth grade were in the house for two years.
Additions to the school were done in 1949, 1951, 1952, and 1956. In 1960 the school consolidated with the Muskego-Norway School District. In 1964 the intermediate grades were removed.
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.
In 2017 the school was closed. The building has been converted to the Muskego School Apartments.
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
