SW Wisconsin News

There were 2,703 students enrolled in Lafayette County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 52.4% of the county student body, while the other 47.6% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 82.8% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Lafayette County schools, followed by 15.1% of Hispanic students, 1.4% of multiracial students and 0.3% of American Indian students.

Darlington Elementary/Middle School had the highest enrollment among Lafayette County’s 17 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 620 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
Argyle Elementary School	148	153	3.4%
Argyle High School	81	75	-7.4%
Argyle Middle School	62	65	4.8%
Belmont Elementary School	219	228	4.1%
Belmont High School	178	177	-0.6%
Benton Elementary School	126	130	3.2%
Benton High School	59	65	10.2%
Benton Middle School	31	29	-6.5%
Black Hawk Elementary School	169	165	-2.4%
Black Hawk High School	104	109	4.8%
Black Hawk Middle School	93	85	-8.6%
Darlington Elementary/Middle School	595	620	4.2%
Darlington High School	269	280	4.1%
Pecatonica High School	199	207	4%
Shullsburg Elementary School	138	133	-3.6%
Shullsburg High School	102	103	1%
Shullsburg Junior High School	76	79	3.9%