Whitewater Times

There were 14,432 students enrolled in Walworth County school districts in the 2023-24 school year, 2.8% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

The county's data showed that 12th grade had the biggest classes with 1,292 students, while pre-kindergarten saw the smallest enrollment that year with 823 students.

Countywide, Elkhorn Area School District welcomed the most students during the 2023-24 school year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the article are located in cities associated with Walworth County.

Nearly 850,000 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.

District	Total Enrollment in 2023-24	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% Change from Previous Year
Big Foot UHS School District	449	456	-1.5
Delavan-Darien School District	1,747	1,817	-3.9
East Troy Community School District	1,436	1,456	-1.4
Elkhorn Area School District	3,490	3,582	-2.6
Fontana J8 School District	203	206	-1.5
Geneva J4 School District	150	152	-1.3
Genoa City J2 School District	456	469	-2.8
Lake Geneva J1 School District	1,761	1,824	-3.5
Lake Geneva-Genoa City UHS School District	1,310	1,347	-2.7
Linn J4 School District	87	95	-8.4
Linn J6 School District	155	148	4.7
Sharon J11 School District	193	208	-7.2
Walworth J1 School District	429	432	-0.7
Whitewater Unified School District	1,939	1,986	-2.4
Williams Bay School District	627	672	-6.7