SW Wisconsin News

Baraboo High School had the highest enrollment among Sauk County schools, welcoming 935 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, 52.4% of them were boys, and 47.6% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, accounting for 79.7% of the Baraboo High School's total enrollment.

Among the 30 schools in Sauk County, Reedsburg Area High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 889 students, while Sauk Prairie High School welcomed 873 students and ranked third in the 2023-24 school year.

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

In the previous school year, Baraboo High School also had the highest number of students among Sauk 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
Baraboo High School	Baraboo	935
Reedsburg Area High School	Reedsburg	889
Sauk Prairie High School	Prairie du Sac	873
Wisconsin Dells High School	Wisconsin Dells	577
Jack Young Middle School	Baraboo	571
Sauk Prairie Middle School	Sauk City	570
Webb Middle School	Reedsburg	563
Prairie Ridge Intermediate School	Reedsburg	512
Bridges Elementary School	Prairie du Sac	478
Grand Avenue Elementary School	Prairie du Sac	428
Pineview Elementary School	Reedsburg	385
River Valley High School	Spring Green	376
East Elementary School	Baraboo	345
River Valley Middle School	Spring Green	311
Willson Elementary School	Baraboo	292
Al Behrman Elementary School	Baraboo	282
River Valley Elementary School	Spring Green	267
Lake Delton Elementary School	Lake Delton	218
Tower Rock Elementary School	Prairie du Sac	211
West Side Elementary School	Reedsburg	207
Merrimac Community	Merrimac	126
Weston Elementary School	Cazenovia	123
River Valley Early Learning Center	Plain	122
North Freedom Elementary School	North Freedom	108
Baraboo Early Learning Cooperative	Baraboo	108
Weston Senior High School	Cazenovia	69
West Elementary-Kindergarten Center	Baraboo	41
Weston Junior High School	Cazenovia	40
4K Community-Based	Reedsburg	40
BELC--Renewal Head Start	Baraboo	17