Whitewater Times

There were 14,552 students enrolled in Walworth County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.8% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 51.8% of the county student body, while the other 46.2% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 70.3% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Walworth County schools, followed by 24.5% of Hispanic students, 2.8% of multiracial students and 1.3% of Black students.

Badger High School had the highest enrollment among Walworth County’s 44 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,275 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
Badger High School	1,326	1,275	-3.8%
Big Foot High School	456	449	-1.5%
Brookwood Elementary School	221	212	-4.1%
Brookwood Middle School	248	244	-1.6%
Career and College Academy	185	222	20%
Central - Denison Elementary School	566	548	-3.2%
Darien Elementary School	242	239	-1.2%
Delavan-Darien High School	585	576	-1.5%
East Troy High School	500	475	-5%
East Troy Middle School	324	321	-0.9%
Eastview Elementary School	232	247	6.5%
Elkhorn Area High School	974	941	-3.4%
Elkhorn Area Middle School	705	676	-4.1%
Elkhorn Options Virtual School	301	273	-9.3%
Fontana Elementary School	206	203	-1.5%
JEDI Virtual K-12	40	38	-5%
Jackson Elementary School	521	500	-4%
Lake Geneva Middle School	615	600	-2.4%
Lakeview Elementary School	193	210	8.8%
Lincoln Elementary School	382	383	0.3%
Little Prairie Primary School	338	352	4.1%
Lyons Center	154	159	3.2%
Maple Park Charter School	41	26	-36.6%
New Visions Charter School	21	35	66.7%
Phoenix Middle School	487	474	-2.7%
Prairie View Elementary School	294	285	-3.1%
Reek Elementary School	148	155	4.7%
Sharon Community	196	193	-1.5%
Star Center Elementary School	370	340	-8.1%
Tibbets Elementary School	444	447	0.7%
Traver Elementary School	95	87	-8.4%
Turtle Creek Elementary School	445	392	-11.9%
Walworth Elementary School	432	429	-0.7%
Washington Elementary School	325	308	-5.2%
West Side Elementary School	452	431	-4.6%
Whitewater 4K	25	12	-52%
Whitewater High School	612	595	-2.8%
Whitewater Middle School	444	431	-2.9%
Williams Bay Elementary School	319	296	-7.2%
Williams Bay High School	208	180	-13.5%
Williams Bay Middle School	140	143	2.1%
Woods Elementary School	152	150	-1.3%