 Since the closure of the prison branch, the building has been used as an office complex.Up until 2007, the city also housed the seat of a deanery for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freiburg

Schools located in Waldkirch include the "Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium", the "Realschule Kollnau", the primary school "Schwarzenbergschule", the primary school and Hauptschule "Kastelbergschule", the primary school and Hauptschule Buchholz, and the primary school and Hauptschule Kollnau.It also houses a centre for special education for students with learning difficulties, as well as a special needs school for students with visual impairments, the ""Staatliche Schule für Sehbehinderte St. Michael"", and finally, the vocational school center ""Berufliches Schulzentrum Waldkirch"".