SW Wisconsin News

There were 224 students enrolled in Benton School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.7% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, .

Data also shows that most of the students were white, accounting for 91.5% of the Benton School District total enrollment.

Benton School District covers three schools within Lafayette County, with its main office in Benton.

Among the three schools in the Benton School District, Benton Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of 130 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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	Total Enrollment
Benton Elementary School	130
Benton High School	65
Benton Middle School	29