SW Wisconsin News

Dodgeville School District had the highest enrollment among Iowa County districts, welcoming 1,060 students during the 2023-24 academic year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 50.8% of them were boys, and 49.2% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 94.5% of the Dodgeville School District's total enrollment.

Among the five districts in Iowa County, Mineral Point Unified School District ranked second in enrollment numbers with 782 students, while Iowa-Grant School District welcomed 667 students and ranked third in the 2023-24 school year.

Dodgeville School District roughly covers schools within Iowa County, with its main office in Dodgeville.

In the previous school year, Dodgeville School District also had the highest number of students among Iowa County districts.

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.

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Dodgeville School District	Dodgeville	1,060
Mineral Point Unified School District	Mineral Point	782
Iowa-Grant School District	Livingston	667
Barneveld School District	Barneveld	453
Highland School District	Highland	268