SW Wisconsin News

There were 3,409 students enrolled in Iowa County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.4% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 51% of the county student body, while the other 49% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 90.9% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Iowa County schools, followed by 4.4% of Hispanic students, 3.1% of multiracial students and 0.8% of Black students.

Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle School had the highest enrollment among Iowa County’s 15 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 455 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
Barneveld Elementary School	206	243	18%
Barneveld High School	128	130	1.6%
Barneveld Middle School	97	80	-17.5%
Dodgeville Elementary School	383	379	-1%
Dodgeville High School	374	371	-0.8%
Dodgeville Middle School	311	310	-0.3%
Highland Community Elementary School	132	114	-13.6%
Highland Community High School	105	99	-5.7%
Highland Community Middle School	51	55	7.8%
Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle School	473	455	-3.8%
Iowa-Grant High School	203	212	4.4%
Mineral Point Elementary School	354	366	3.4%
Mineral Point High School	245	238	-2.9%
Mineral Point Middle School	178	178	0%
Pecatonica Elementary School	184	179	-2.7%