Madison Reporter

Middleton High School had the highest enrollment among Dane County schools, welcoming 2,237 students during the 2023-24 academic year, according to a report from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 52.1% of them were boys, and 47.4% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, accounting for 66% of the Middleton High School's total enrollment.

Among the 159 schools in Dane County, West High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,137 students, while Memorial High School welcomed 2,005 students and ranked third in the 2023-24 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	2,237
West High School	Madison	2,137
Memorial High School	Madison	2,005
Verona Area High School	Verona	1,789
East High School	Madison	1,644
LaFollette High School	Madison	1,527
Wisconsin Virtual Academy High (WIVA)	McFarland	1,423
Waunakee High School	Waunakee	1,346
Wisconsin Virtual Academy K-8 (WIVA)	McFarland	1,336
Sun Prairie West High School	Sun Prairie	1,333
Oregon High School	Oregon	1,284
Sun Prairie High School	Sun Prairie	1,275
Kromrey Middle School	Middleton	1,185
Monona Grove High School	Monona	1,144
De Forest High School	De Forest	1,118
Harvest Intermediate School	DeForest	950
Glacier Creek Middle School	Cross Plains	948
Stoughton High School	Stoughton	864
Mount Horeb High School	Mount Horeb	776
Hamilton Middle School	Madison	768
Glacial Drumlin School	Cottage Grove	763
Badger Ridge Middle School	Verona	752
McFarland High School	McFarland	740
Sugar Creek Elementary School	Verona	683
Waunakee Middle School	Waunakee	681
Cesar Chavez Elementary School	Madison	652
Prairie View Middle School	Sun Prairie	651
Winnequah School	Monona	642
Oregon Middle School	Oregon	639
Leopold Elementary School	Madison	623
Waunakee Intermediate School	Waunakee	620
4K PK Off Site	Madison	594
Kennedy Elementary School	Madison	579
Sennett Middle School	Madison	579
Waunakee Heritage Elementary School	Waunakee	575
Patrick Marsh Middle School	Sun Prairie	572
River Bluff Middle School	Stoughton	572
De Forest Middle School	De Forest	568
Indian Mound Middle School	McFarland	545
Toki Middle School	Madison	538
Cherokee Heights Middle School	Madison	537
Belleville Elementary School	Belleville	533
Waunakee Prairie Elementary School	Waunakee	524
Windsor Elementary School	Windsor	512
Waubesa Intermediate School	McFarland	512
Mount Horeb Intermediate School	Mount Horeb	512
Mount Horeb Middle School	Mount Horeb	510
Central Heights Middle School	Sun Prairie	498
Rome Corners Intermediate School	Oregon	483
Stephens Elementary School	Madison	482
Granite Ridge School	COTTAGE GROVE	477
Conrad Elvehjem Primary School	McFarland	473
Dr. Virginia Henderson Elementary School	Madison	463
Glacier Edge Elementary School	Verona	462
Token Springs Elementary School	Sun Prairie	456
Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School	Madison	454
Olson Elementary School	Verona	452
Schenk Elementary School	Madison	444
Westside Elementary School	Sun Prairie	443
Northside Elementary School	Sun Prairie	442
O'Keeffe Middle School	Madison	439
Jefferson Middle School	Madison	436
Fox Prairie Elementary School	Stoughton	435
Deerfield Elementary School	Deerfield	431
Arboretum Elementary School	Waunakee	427
Huegel Elementary School	Madison	422
Royal Oaks Elementary School	Sun Prairie	422
Van Hise Elementary School	Madison	421
Cambridge Elementary School	Cambridge	419
Core Knowledge Charter School	Verona	419
Muir Elementary School	Madison	418
Meadow View Elementary School	Sun Prairie	417
Eastside Elementary School	Sun Prairie	417
Sandburg Elementary School	Madison	411
Sandhill Elementary School	Stoughton	410
Netherwood Knoll Elementary School	Oregon	407
Elvehjem Elementary School	Madison	403
Pope Farm Elementary School	MIDDLETON	403
Forest Edge Elementary School	FITCHBURG	401
Whitehorse Middle School	Madison	400
Thoreau Elementary School	Madison	398
Sauk Trail Elementary School	Middleton	393
Black Earth Elementary School	Black Earth	389
Stoner Prairie Elementary School	Fitchburg	385
Sherman Middle School	Madison	385
Lincoln Elementary School	Madison	385
Shorewood Hills Elementary School	Madison	382
Savanna Oaks Middle School	Fitchburg	380
Black Hawk Middle School	Madison	376
Country View Elementary School	Verona	374
Midvale Elementary School	Madison	372
Eagle Point Elementary School	DeForest	363
Creekside Elementary School	Sun Prairie	362
Horizon Elementary School	Sun Prairie	357
Allis Elementary School	Madison	357
Yahara Elementary School	De Forest	347
Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin High	McFarland	340
West Middleton Elementary School	Verona	338
Elm Lawn Elementary School	Middleton	336
Lowell Elementary School	Madison	335
C. H. Bird Elementary School	Sun Prairie	328
Prairie View Elementary School	Oregon	326
Hawthorne Elementary School	Madison	321
Emerson Elementary School	Madison	317
Randall Elementary School	Madison	316
Northside Elementary School	Middleton	316
Mount Horeb Primary Center	Mount Horeb	308
Cottage Grove Elementary School	Cottage Grove	305
Kegonsa Elementary School	Stoughton	303
Sun Prairie Four Kids	Sun Prairie	301
Sunset Ridge Elementary School	Middleton	298
Holum Education Center	De Forest	295
Nuestro Mundo	Monona	295
Belleville High School	Belleville	294
Franklin Elementary School	Madison	292
Verona Area K4	Verona	289
Crestwood Elementary School	Madison	287
Lake View Elementary School	Madison	287
Marshall High School	Marshall	284
Mendota Elementary School	Madison	280
Taylor Prairie Elementary School	Cottage Grove	279
Spring Harbor Middle School	Madison	270
James Wright Middle School	Madison	259
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District 4K	Middleton	252
Park Elementary School	Cross Plains	250
Marshall Elementary School	Marshall	249
Orchard Ridge Elementary School	Madison	247
Waunakee Community 4K School	Waunakee	237
Marshall Early Learning Center	Marshall	227
Oregon 4K	Oregon	225
Gompers Elementary School	Madison	220
Wisconsin Heights High School	Mazomanie	219
Lapham Elementary School	Madison	211
Deerfield High School	Deerfield	209
Nikolay Middle School	Cambridge	201
SASD 4K	Stoughton	185
Lindbergh Elementary School	Madison	170
Wisconsin Heights Middle School	Mazomanie	164
Marquette Elementary School	Madison	159
Insight School of Wisconsin High	McFarland	150
Mount Horeb Early Learning Center	Mount Horeb	143
Mount Horeb Area Community 4K	Mount Horeb	142
Innovative & Alternative High School	Madison	139
Belleville Middle School	Belleville	128
New Century School	Verona	124
Capital High School	Madison	123
4K McFarland	McFarland	120
Verona Area International School	Verona	118
Marshall Middle School	Marshall	117
Shabazz-City High School	Madison	114
Deerfield Middle School	Deerfield	106
Clark Street Community School	Middleton	103
Badger Rock Middle School	Madison	99
Monona Grove Liberal Arts	Monona	86
Prairie Phoenix Academy	Sun Prairie	84
Koshkonong Trails School	Cambridge	28
Metro School	Madison	23
Early Childhood	Fitchburg	19
Innovative & Alternative Middle School	Madison	0