Madison Reporter

Middleton High School had the highest enrollment among Dane County schools, welcoming 2,309 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, 52.1% of them were boys, and 47.6% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, accounting for 68.3% of the Middleton High School's total enrollment.

Among the 159 schools in Dane County, West High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,147 students, while Memorial High School welcomed 2,025 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Middleton High School is a part of the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, which roughly covers schools within Dane County with its main office in Middleton.

In the previous school year, Middleton High School also had the highest number of students among Dane 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
Middleton High School	Middleton	2,309
West High School	Madison	2,147
Memorial High School	Madison	2,025
Verona Area High School	Verona	1,802
East High School	Madison	1,649
LaFollette High School	Madison	1,482
Wisconsin Virtual Academy K-8 (WIVA)	McFarland	1,365
Waunakee High School	Waunakee	1,327
Sun Prairie West High School	Sun Prairie	1,294
Sun Prairie High School	Sun Prairie	1,274
Wisconsin Virtual Academy High (WIVA)	McFarland	1,270
Oregon High School	Oregon	1,269
Kromrey Middle School	Middleton	1,191
De Forest High School	De Forest	1,099
Monona Grove High School	Monona	1,083
Glacier Creek Middle School	Cross Plains	935
Harvest Intermediate School	DeForest	914
Stoughton High School	Stoughton	875
Mount Horeb High School	Mount Horeb	793
McFarland High School	McFarland	777
Glacial Drumlin School	Cottage Grove	768
Badger Ridge Middle School	Verona	733
Hamilton Middle School	Madison	725
Waunakee Middle School	Waunakee	682
Sugar Creek Elementary School	Verona	680
Prairie View Middle School	Sun Prairie	666
Oregon Middle School	Oregon	636
Waunakee Intermediate School	Waunakee	635
Leopold Elementary School	Madison	624
Sennett Middle School	Madison	623
4K PK Off Site	Madison	615
Winnequah School	Monona	609
Cesar Chavez Elementary School	Madison	607
Patrick Marsh Middle School	Sun Prairie	594
River Bluff Middle School	Stoughton	582
Toki Middle School	Madison	578
De Forest Middle School	De Forest	561
Cherokee Heights Middle School	Madison	553
Waunakee Heritage Elementary School	Waunakee	547
Waubesa Intermediate School	McFarland	540
Waunakee Prairie Elementary School	Waunakee	533
Indian Mound Middle School	McFarland	531
Windsor Elementary School	Windsor	530
Kennedy Elementary School	Madison	524
Mount Horeb Intermediate School	Mount Horeb	523
Belleville Elementary School	Belleville	495
Stephens Elementary School	Madison	493
Rome Corners Intermediate School	Oregon	493
Mount Horeb Middle School	Mount Horeb	491
Dr. Virginia Henderson Elementary School	Madison	479
Glacier Edge Elementary School	Verona	477
Central Heights Middle School	Sun Prairie	472
Conrad Elvehjem Primary School	McFarland	471
Granite Ridge School	COTTAGE GROVE	464
Whitehorse Middle School	Madison	452
O'Keeffe Middle School	Madison	452
Royal Oaks Elementary School	Sun Prairie	449
Sun Prairie Four Kids	Sun Prairie	443
Olson Elementary School	Verona	442
Arboretum Elementary School	Waunakee	435
Huegel Elementary School	Madison	434
Van Hise Elementary School	Madison	431
Token Springs Elementary School	Sun Prairie	430
Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School	Madison	430
Cambridge Elementary School	Cambridge	430
Eastside Elementary School	Sun Prairie	425
Sandhill Elementary School	Stoughton	421
Deerfield Elementary School	Deerfield	420
Elvehjem Elementary School	Madison	418
Core Knowledge Charter School	Verona	417
Thoreau Elementary School	Madison	415
Jefferson Middle School	Madison	415
Westside Elementary School	Sun Prairie	413
Pope Farm Elementary School	MIDDLETON	410
Sauk Trail Elementary School	Middleton	407
Muir Elementary School	Madison	403
Sherman Middle School	Madison	401
Netherwood Knoll Elementary School	Oregon	398
Country View Elementary School	Verona	396
Savanna Oaks Middle School	Fitchburg	394
Sandburg Elementary School	Madison	392
Schenk Elementary School	Madison	390
Fox Prairie Elementary School	Stoughton	388
Forest Edge Elementary School	FITCHBURG	385
Allis Elementary School	Madison	384
Stoner Prairie Elementary School	Fitchburg	381
Shorewood Hills Elementary School	Madison	381
Eagle Point Elementary School	DeForest	376
Black Earth Elementary School	Black Earth	376
Lincoln Elementary School	Madison	374
Midvale Elementary School	Madison	373
Northside Elementary School	Sun Prairie	371
West Middleton Elementary School	Verona	364
Horizon Elementary School	Sun Prairie	364
Meadow View Elementary School	Sun Prairie	362
Black Hawk Middle School	Madison	357
Elm Lawn Elementary School	Middleton	355
Yahara Elementary School	De Forest	354
Emerson Elementary School	Madison	351
Prairie View Elementary School	Oregon	350
Northside Elementary School	Middleton	345
C. H. Bird Elementary School	Sun Prairie	340
Creekside Elementary School	Sun Prairie	339
Lowell Elementary School	Madison	334
Sunset Ridge Elementary School	Middleton	317
Holum Education Center	De Forest	313
Mount Horeb Primary Center	Mount Horeb	312
Randall Elementary School	Madison	311
Mendota Elementary School	Madison	308
Hawthorne Elementary School	Madison	307
Kegonsa Elementary School	Stoughton	302
Franklin Elementary School	Madison	297
Marshall High School	Marshall	289
Nuestro Mundo	Monona	284
Cottage Grove Elementary School	Cottage Grove	283
Belleville High School	Belleville	282
Verona Area K4	Verona	281
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District 4K	Middleton	278
Crestwood Elementary School	Madison	272
Lake View Elementary School	Madison	267
Spring Harbor Middle School	Madison	263
James Wright Middle School	Madison	256
Orchard Ridge Elementary School	Madison	255
Park Elementary School	Cross Plains	252
Taylor Prairie Elementary School	Cottage Grove	251
Waunakee Community 4K School	Waunakee	249
Marshall Early Learning Center	Marshall	235
Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin High	McFarland	232
Marshall Elementary School	Marshall	230
Gompers Elementary School	Madison	227
Oregon 4K	Oregon	225
Wisconsin Heights High School	Mazomanie	219
Deerfield High School	Deerfield	217
Nikolay Middle School	Cambridge	207
Lapham Elementary School	Madison	205
SASD 4K	Stoughton	187
Lindbergh Elementary School	Madison	180
Insight School of Wisconsin High	McFarland	173
Wisconsin Heights Middle School	Mazomanie	154
Marquette Elementary School	Madison	149
Mount Horeb Early Learning Center	Mount Horeb	145
Capital High School	Madison	139
Belleville Middle School	Belleville	134
Innovative & Alternative High School	Madison	132
Verona Area International School	Verona	125
New Century School	Verona	125
4K McFarland	McFarland	125
Marshall Middle School	Marshall	124
Mount Horeb Area Community 4K	Mount Horeb	123
Shabazz-City High School	Madison	121
Deerfield Middle School	Deerfield	114
Clark Street Community School	Middleton	100
Badger Rock Middle School	Madison	92
Monona Grove Liberal Arts	Monona	81
Prairie Phoenix Academy	Sun Prairie	66
Koshkonong Trails School	Cambridge	33
Metro School	Madison	19
Early Childhood	Fitchburg	16
Innovative & Alternative Middle School	Madison	0