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There were 2,867 students enrolled in Jackson County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 1% less than the previous school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2024-25 school year, 51.8% identified themselves as male, 48.2% as female.

Data also showed that white students comprised 77.6% of the student body in Jackson County schools—the largest share—followed by American Indian students at 10.5%, Hispanic students at 5.8%, and multiracial students at 4.9%.

Black River Falls High School had the highest enrollment among Jackson County’s 10 schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 500 students.

Wisconsin's lawmakers have approved over $5.5 billion in funding for schools for the 2024-25 school year, a 4.2% increase from the previous year. The budget allocates an additional $325 per pupil aid for each year of the biennium, as well as more than $90 million in increased funding for special education.

School name	Total Enrollment in 2023-24	Total Enrollment in 2024-25	% change
Black River Falls High School	504	500	-0.8%
Black River Falls Middle School	337	327	-3%
Forrest Street Early Learning Center	304	289	-4.9%
Lincoln Elementary School	313	339	8.3%
Lincoln Junior-Senior High School	260	250	-3.8%
Melrose-Mindoro Elementary School	403	399	-1%
Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High School	317	327	3.2%
Red Creek Elementary School	458	436	-4.8%