SW Wisconsin News

There were 3,672 students enrolled in Vernon County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.8% 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 48.6% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 92.2% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Vernon County schools, followed by 3.3% of Hispanic students, 3.3% of multiracial students and 0.7% of Black students.

Viroqua High School had the highest enrollment among Vernon County’s 23 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 301 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
Coon Valley Elementary School	131	115	-12.2%
De Soto High School	127	124	-2.4%
De Soto Middle School	100	108	8%
De Soto Virtual School	8	8	0%
Hillsboro Elementary School	230	218	-5.2%
Hillsboro High School	271	259	-4.4%
Kickapoo Elementary School	205	212	3.4%
Kickapoo High School	265	258	-2.6%
Kickapoo Valley Forest School	47	54	14.9%
La Farge Elementary School	97	93	-4.1%
La Farge High School	64	68	6.3%
La Farge Middle School	41	44	7.3%
Laurel High School	36	45	25%
Prairie View Elementary School	112	97	-13.4%
Stoddard Elementary School	121	118	-2.5%
Vernon County Area Better Futures High School	12	7	-41.7%
Viroqua Area Montessori School	145	144	-0.7%
Viroqua Elementary School	299	291	-2.7%
Viroqua High School	303	301	-0.7%
Viroqua Middle School	247	242	-2%
Westby Elementary School	283	275	-2.8%
Westby High School	300	297	-1%
Westby Middle School	295	294	-0.3%