SW Wisconsin News

There were 6,904 students enrolled in Grant County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.6% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 46.9% of the county student body, while the other 45.4% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 88.2% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Grant County schools, followed by 6.8% of Hispanic students, 2.5% of multiracial students and 1.8% of Black students.

Platteville High School had the highest enrollment among Grant County’s 32 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 482 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
Boscobel Elementary School	338	337	-0.3%
Boscobel High School	213	188	-11.7%
Boscobel Junior High School	152	147	-3.3%
Cassville Elementary School	89	87	-2.2%
Cassville High School	83	82	-1.2%
Cuba City Elementary School	260	272	4.6%
Cuba City High School	273	273	0%
Cuba City Middle School	144	130	-9.7%
Fennimore Elementary School	384	394	2.6%
Fennimore High School	231	246	6.5%
Fennimore Middle School	195	196	0.5%
Lancaster High School	287	308	7.3%
Lancaster Middle School	232	235	1.3%
Neal Wilkins Early Learning Center	195	202	3.6%
Platteville High School	496	482	-2.8%
Platteville Middle School	437	424	-3%
Potosi Elementary School	148	165	11.5%
Potosi High School	107	109	1.9%
Potosi Middle School	59	53	-10.2%
River Ridge Elementary School	192	198	3.1%
River Ridge High School	175	166	-5.1%
River Ridge Middle School	157	141	-10.2%
Riverdale Academy	13	12	-7.7%
Riverdale Elementary School	345	357	3.5%
Riverdale High School	190	195	2.6%
Riverdale Junior High School	105	96	-8.6%
Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle School	106	95	-10.4%
Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary School	263	263	0%
Southwestern Wisconsin High School	160	159	-0.6%
Westview Elementary School	448	436	-2.7%
Winskill Elementary School	472	456	-3.4%