Madison Reporter

There were 5,639 students enrolled in McFarland School District schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.8% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 50.1% of them were boys, and 0% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, accounting for 66.2% of the McFarland School District total enrollment.

McFarland School District covers nine schools within Dane County, with its main office in McFarland.

Among the nine schools in the McFarland School District, Wisconsin Virtual Academy High (WIVA) recorded the highest enrollment of 1,423 students in the 2023-24 school year.

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	Total Enrollment
Wisconsin Virtual Academy High (WIVA)	1,423
Wisconsin Virtual Academy K-8 (WIVA)	1,336
McFarland High School	740
Indian Mound Middle School	545
Waubesa Intermediate School	512
Conrad Elvehjem Primary School	473
Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin High	340
Insight School of Wisconsin High	150
4K McFarland	120