SW Wisconsin News

There were 1,868 students enrolled in Crawford County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.6% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 51.8% of the county student body, while the other 48.2% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 92.5% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Crawford County schools, followed by 2.9% of multiracial students, 2.6% of Hispanic students and 1% of Black students.

Prairie du Chien High School had the highest enrollment among Crawford County’s 15 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 296 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 2022-23	Total Enrollment in 2023-24	% change
BA Kennedy School	222	243	9.5%
Bluff View Elementary School	216	184	-14.8%
Bluff View Junior High School	196	206	5.1%
Mighty River Academy of Virtual Education	30	42	40%
North Crawford Elementary School	276	290	5.1%
North Crawford High School	124	128	3.2%
Prairie du Chien High School	322	296	-8.1%
Seneca Elementary School	100	115	15%
Seneca High School	105	98	-6.7%
Seneca Junior High School	50	57	14%
Wauzeka Elementary School	118	98	-16.9%
Wauzeka High School	78	72	-7.7%
Wauzeka Middle School	61	39	-36.1%