SW Wisconsin News

Platteville School District had the highest enrollment among Grant County districts, welcoming 1,576 students during the 2022-23 academic year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.1% of them were boys, and 48.5% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 97.1% of the Platteville School District's total enrollment.

Among the 10 districts in Grant County, Lancaster Community School District ranked second in enrollment numbers with 991 students, while Fennimore Community School District welcomed 810 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Platteville School District roughly covers schools within Grant County, with its main office in Platteville.

In the previous school year, Platteville School District also had the highest number of students among Grant County districts.

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.

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Platteville School District	Platteville	1,576
Lancaster Community School District	Lancaster	991
Fennimore Community School District	Fennimore	810
Boscobel Area School District	Boscobel	703
Cuba City School District	Cuba City	677
Riverdale School District	Muscoda	653
Southwestern Wisconsin School District	Hazel Green	529
River Ridge School District	Patch Grove	524
Potosi School District	Potosi	314
Cassville School District	Cassville	172