Jefferson County Education: Which school had most students enrolled in 2022-23 school year

Fort Atkinson High School had the highest enrollment among Jefferson County schools, welcoming 960 students during the 2022-23 academic year, according to a report from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.5% of them were boys, and 46.9% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, accounting for 81.7% of the Fort Atkinson High School’s total enrollment.

Among the 30 schools in Jefferson County, Riverside Middle School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 693 students, while Lake Mills Elementary School welcomed 610 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

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

In the previous school year, Fort Atkinson High School also had the highest number of students among Jefferson 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.