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There were 1,593 students enrolled in Marquette County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.2% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 53.2% of the county student body, while the other 46.8% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 86.2% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Marquette County schools, followed by 9% of Hispanic students, 2.6% of multiracial students and 1.3% of Black students.

Westfield Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Marquette County’s nine schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 336 students.

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 name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Endeavor Elementary School	79	67	-15.2%
Forest Lane Community School	234	268	14.5%
High Marq Environmental Charter School	33	33	0%
Montello Junior/Senior High School	301	256	-15%
Montello Virtual Charter School	29	36	24.1%
Oxford Elementary School	140	142	1.4%
Westfield Area High School	287	291	1.4%
Westfield Area Middle School	173	164	-5.2%
Westfield Elementary School	336	336	0%