SW Wisconsin News

There were 2,658 students enrolled in Lafayette County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 53% of the county student body, while the other 32% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 82.1% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Lafayette County schools, followed by 16% of Hispanic students, 1.4% of multiracial students and 0.2% of American Indian students.

Darlington Elementary/Middle School had the highest enrollment among Lafayette County’s 17 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 633 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
Argyle Elementary School	153	147	-3.9%
Argyle High School	75	77	2.7%
Argyle Middle School	65	60	-7.7%
Belmont Elementary School	228	224	-1.8%
Belmont High School	177	163	-7.9%
Benton Elementary School	130	132	1.5%
Benton High School	65	59	-9.2%
Benton Middle School	29	27	-6.9%
Black Hawk Elementary School	165	169	2.4%
Black Hawk High School	109	112	2.8%
Black Hawk Middle School	85	72	-15.3%
Darlington Elementary/Middle School	620	633	2.1%
Darlington High School	280	257	-8.2%
Pecatonica High School	207	214	3.4%
Shullsburg Elementary School	133	133	0%
Shullsburg High School	103	102	-1%
Shullsburg Junior High School	79	77	-2.5%