SW Wisconsin News

Platteville High School had the highest enrollment among Grant County schools, welcoming 482 students during the 2023-24 academic year, according to a report from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 53.1% of them were boys.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, accounting for 83.6% of the Platteville High School's total enrollment.

Among the 31 schools in Grant County, Winskill Elementary School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 456 students, while Westview Elementary School welcomed 436 students and ranked third in the 2023-24 school year.

Platteville High School is a part of the Platteville School District, which roughly covers schools within Grant County with its main office in Platteville.

In the previous school year, Platteville High School also had the highest number of students among Grant County schools.

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, the teacher-to-student ratio was approximately 1:14 in Wisconsin classrooms, 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	City	Total School Enrollment
Platteville High School	Platteville	482
Winskill Elementary School	Lancaster	456
Westview Elementary School	Platteville	436
Platteville Middle School	Platteville	424
Fennimore Elementary School	Fennimore	394
Riverdale Elementary School	Muscoda	357
Boscobel Elementary School	Boscobel	337
Lancaster High School	Lancaster	308
Cuba City High School	Cuba City	273
Cuba City Elementary School	Cuba City	272
Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary School	Hazel Green	263
Fennimore High School	Fennimore	246
Lancaster Middle School	Lancaster	235
Neal Wilkins Early Learning Center	Platteville	202
River Ridge Elementary School	Patch Grove	198
Fennimore Middle School	Fennimore	196
Riverdale High School	Muscoda	195
Boscobel High School	Boscobel	188
River Ridge High School	Patch Grove	166
Potosi Elementary School	Potosi	165
Southwestern Wisconsin High School	Hazel Green	159
Boscobel Junior High School	Boscobel	147
River Ridge Middle School	Patch Grove	141
Cuba City Middle School	Cuba City	130
Potosi High School	Potosi	109
Riverdale Junior High School	Muscoda	96
Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle School	Hazel Green	95
Cassville Elementary School	Cassville	87
Cassville High School	Cassville	82
Potosi Middle School	Potosi	53
Riverdale Academy	Muscoda	12