Lake Mills Area School District Superintendent Tonya Olson (2023) | Lake Mills Area School District
Lake Mills Area School District Superintendent Tonya Olson (2023) | Lake Mills Area School District
Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 51.6% of them were boys, and 48.4% were girls.
Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 91.3% of the Watertown Unified School District's total enrollment.
Among the eight districts in Jefferson County, Fort Atkinson School District ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,357 students, while Jefferson School District welcomed 1,666 students and ranked third in the 2023-24 school year.
Watertown Unified School District roughly covers schools within Jefferson County, with its main office in Watertown.
In the previous school year, Watertown Unified School District also had the highest number of students among Jefferson County districts.
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.
| District | City (main office) | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Watertown Unified School District | Watertown | 3,231 |
| Fort Atkinson School District | Fort Atkinson | 2,357 |
| Jefferson School District | Jefferson | 1,666 |
| Lake Mills Area School District | Lake Mills | 1,485 |
| Cambridge School District | Cambridge | 909 |
| Waterloo School District | Waterloo | 748 |
| Johnson Creek School District | Johnson Creek | 620 |
| Palmyra-Eagle Area School District | Palmyra | 543 |
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