SW Wisconsin News

There were 1,898 students enrolled in Crawford County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.5% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 51.1% of the county student body, while the other 48.9% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 91.8% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Crawford County schools, followed by 3.3% of multiracial students, 3.1% of Hispanic students and 1% of Black students.

Prairie du Chien High School had the highest enrollment among Crawford County’s 15 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 322 students.

Nearly 830,000 students were enrolled in Wisconsin schools in the 2021-22 school year. This is a 0.85% decrease from the year before. In sharp contrast to declining public school figures, enrollment in charter schools rose 4.5% to more than 52,000.

In 2022, there was roughly one teacher for every 14 students in a Wisconsin classroom, compared to the national average of 1:16. AAA State of Play considered Wisconsin to have the 14th best teacher to student ratio in the U.S.

School name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% change
BA Kennedy School	172	222	29.1%
Bluff View Elementary School	218	216	-0.9%
Bluff View Junior High School	138	196	42%
Mighty River Academy of Virtual Education	36	30	-16.7%
North Crawford Elementary School	257	276	7.4%
North Crawford High School	136	124	-8.8%
Prairie du Chien High School	352	322	-8.5%
Seneca Elementary School	101	100	-1%
Seneca High School	99	105	6.1%
Seneca Junior High School	53	50	-5.7%
Wauzeka Elementary School	108	118	9.3%
Wauzeka High School	71	78	9.9%
Wauzeka Middle School	57	61	7%