Whitewater Times

Badger High School had the highest enrollment among Walworth County schools, welcoming 1,240 students during the 2024-25 academic year, according to a report from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2024-25 school year, 53.5% identified themselves as boys, and 46.5% as girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, accounting for 69.6% of the Badger High School's total enrollment.

Among the 41 schools in Walworth County, Elkhorn Area High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 953 students, while Elkhorn Area Middle School welcomed 659 students and ranked third in the 2024-25 school year.

Badger High School is a part of the Lake Geneva-Genoa City UHS School District, which roughly covers schools within Walworth County with its main office in Lake Geneva.

In the previous school year, Badger High School also had the highest number of students among Walworth County schools.

In 2022, the teacher-to-student ratio was approximately 1:14 in Wisconsin classrooms, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Wisconsin ranks 22nd in the U.S. for public education spending, with an annual expenditure of over $16,500 per pupil, totaling $13.8 billion.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Badger High School	Lake Geneva	1,240
Elkhorn Area High School	Elkhorn	953
Elkhorn Area Middle School	Elkhorn	659
Whitewater High School	Whitewater	606
Lake Geneva Middle School	Lake Geneva	551
Central - Denison Elementary School	Lake Geneva	522
Delavan-Darien High School	Delavan	511
Jackson Elementary School	Elkhorn	485
Phoenix Middle School	Delavan	474
East Troy High School	East Troy	448
Big Foot High School	Walworth	437
Tibbets Elementary School	Elkhorn	431
Walworth Elementary School	Walworth	409
West Side Elementary School	Elkhorn	406
Whitewater Middle School	Whitewater	394
Turtle Creek Elementary School	Delavan	371
Lincoln Elementary School	Whitewater	358
Star Center Elementary School	Lake Geneva	339
Elkhorn Options Virtual School	Elkhorn	335
Little Prairie Primary School	East Troy	328
East Troy Middle School	East Troy	316
Washington Elementary School	Whitewater	312
Williams Bay Elementary School	Williams Bay	282
Prairie View Elementary School	East Troy	261
Eastview Elementary School	Lake Geneva	257
Career and College Academy	Elkhorn	237
Darien Elementary School	Delavan	223
Brookwood Middle School	Genoa City	213
Lakeview Elementary School	Whitewater	209
Brookwood Elementary School	Genoa City	200
Fontana Elementary School	Fontana	197
Sharon Community	Sharon	197
Reek Elementary School	Lake Geneva	176
Williams Bay High School	Williams Bay	170
Woods Elementary School	Lake Geneva	148
Williams Bay Middle School	Williams Bay	145
Traver Elementary School	Lake Geneva	75
JEDI Virtual K-12	WHITEWATER	58
New Visions Charter School	Lake Geneva	31
Whitewater 4K	Whitewater	14
Maple Park Charter School	Lake Geneva	14