SW Wisconsin News

There were 6,949 students enrolled in Grant County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.2% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 47.7% of the county student body, while the other 42.7% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 90.7% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Grant County schools, followed by 3.9% of Hispanic students, 2.5% of multiracial students and 2% of Black students.

Platteville High School had the highest enrollment among Grant County’s 32 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 496 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
Boscobel Elementary School	359	338	-5.8%
Boscobel High School	228	213	-6.6%
Boscobel Junior High School	151	152	0.7%
Cassville Elementary School	86	89	3.5%
Cassville High School	97	83	-14.4%
Cuba City Elementary School	264	260	-1.5%
Cuba City High School	266	273	2.6%
Cuba City Middle School	154	144	-6.5%
Fennimore Elementary School	386	384	-0.5%
Fennimore High School	223	231	3.6%
Fennimore Middle School	184	195	6%
Lancaster High School	294	287	-2.4%
Lancaster Middle School	213	232	8.9%
Neal Wilkins Early Learning Center	220	195	-11.4%
Platteville High School	453	496	9.5%
Platteville Middle School	441	437	-0.9%
Potosi Elementary School	130	148	13.8%
Potosi High School	112	107	-4.5%
Potosi Middle School	59	59	0%
River Ridge Elementary School	195	192	-1.5%
River Ridge High School	196	175	-10.7%
River Ridge Middle School	152	157	3.3%
Riverdale Academy	13	13	0%
Riverdale Elementary School	350	345	-1.4%
Riverdale High School	195	190	-2.6%
Riverdale Junior High School	110	105	-4.5%
Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle School	118	106	-10.2%
Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary School	261	263	0.8%
Southwestern Wisconsin High School	153	160	4.6%
Westview Elementary School	410	448	9.3%
Winskill Elementary School	464	472	1.7%