Whitewater Times

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.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Fort Atkinson High School	Fort Atkinson	960
Riverside Middle School	Watertown	693
Lake Mills Elementary School	Lake Mills	610
Jefferson High School	Jefferson	607
Johnson Creek Public School	Johnson Creek	605
Fort Atkinson Middle School	Fort Atkinson	504
Lake Mills High School	Lake Mills	488
Lake Mills Middle School	Lake Mills	410
Jefferson Middle School	Jefferson	389
Webster Elementary School	Watertown	369
East Elementary School	Jefferson	308
Waterloo Elementary School	Waterloo	285
Ixonia Elementary School	Ixonia	279
West Elementary School	Jefferson	270
Purdy Elementary School	Fort Atkinson	268
Waterloo High School	Waterloo	255
Schurz Elementary School	Watertown	244
Cambridge High School	Cambridge	241
Rockwell Elementary School	Fort Atkinson	231
Luther Elementary School	Fort Atkinson	226
Barrie Elementary School	Fort Atkinson	223
Palmyra-Eagle High School	Palmyra	195
Sullivan Elementary School	Sullivan	154
Lincoln Elementary School	Watertown	154
Watertown 4 Kids	Watertown	146
eCampus Academy Charter School	Watertown	128
Waterloo Middle School	Waterloo	116
Palmyra-Eagle Middle School	Palmyra	114
Waterloo Intermediate School	Waterloo	105
Fort Atkinson 4K	Fort Atkinson	96