SW Wisconsin News

There were 3,424 students enrolled in Iowa County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.8% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 50.9% of the county student body, while the other 48.4% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 91.8% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Iowa County schools, followed by 4% of Hispanic students, 2.5% of multiracial students and 1% of Black students.

Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle School had the highest enrollment among Iowa County’s 15 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 473 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
Barneveld Elementary School	247	206	-16.6%
Barneveld High School	122	128	4.9%
Barneveld Middle School	102	97	-4.9%
Dodgeville Elementary School	416	383	-7.9%
Dodgeville High School	383	374	-2.3%
Dodgeville Middle School	318	311	-2.2%
Highland Community Elementary School	143	132	-7.7%
Highland Community High School	108	105	-2.8%
Highland Community Middle School	67	51	-23.9%
Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle School	497	473	-4.8%
Iowa-Grant High School	197	203	3%
Mineral Point Elementary School	348	354	1.7%
Mineral Point High School	239	245	2.5%
Mineral Point Middle School	177	178	0.6%
Pecatonica Elementary School	197	184	-6.6%