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There were 6,983 students enrolled in Monroe County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.1% 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 49% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 79.1% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Monroe County schools, followed by 12.4% of Hispanic students, 4.6% of multiracial students and 1.7% of Black students.

Tomah High School had the highest enrollment among Monroe County’s 24 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 902 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
Brookwood High School	266	274	3%
Cashton Elementary School	296	292	-1.4%
Cashton Middle/High School	329	327	-0.6%
Herrman Elementary School	646	604	-6.5%
Innovations STEM Academy	68	88	29.4%
La Grange Elementary School	414	406	-1.9%
Lemonweir Elementary School	290	275	-5.2%
Miller Elementary School	250	239	-4.4%
Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School	310	330	6.5%
Oakdale Elementary School	78	79	1.3%
Robert Kupper Learning Center	29	37	27.6%
Southside Early Learning Center	292	298	2.1%
Sparta Alternative Independent Learning School	47	63	34%
Sparta High School	837	854	2%
Sparta Meadowview Middle School	722	706	-2.2%
Sparta Montessori School	188	181	-3.7%
Timber PUPS Learning Center	35	35	0%
Tomah Area Montessori School	66	63	-4.5%
Tomah High School	868	902	3.9%
Tomah Middle School	676	681	0.7%
Warrens Elementary School	133	143	7.5%
Wyeville Elementary School	108	106	-1.9%