SC Wisconsin News

Portage High School had the highest enrollment among Columbia County schools, welcoming 706 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, 52.4% of them were boys, and 47.6% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, accounting for 84.6% of the Portage High School's total enrollment.

Among the 30 schools in Columbia County, Spring Hill Elementary School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 608 students, while Lodi High School welcomed 451 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Portage High School is a part of the Portage Community School District, which roughly covers schools within Columbia County with its main office in Portage.

In the previous school year, Portage High School also had the highest number of students among Columbia 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
Portage High School	Portage	706
Spring Hill Elementary School	Wisconsin Dells	608
Lodi High School	Lodi	451
Columbus Elementary School	Columbus	438
Muir Elementary School	Portage	422
Poynette Elementary School	Poynette	412
Wayne Bartels Middle School	Portage	406
Lodi Primary School	Lodi	395
Wisconsin Dells Middle School	Wisconsin Dells	387
Columbus High School	Columbus	385
Pardeeville Elementary School	Pardeeville	355
Lodi Middle School	Lodi	335
Poynette High School	Poynette	307
Poynette Middle School	Poynette	276
Pardeeville High School	Pardeeville	266
Fall River High School	Fall River	265
Columbus Middle School	Columbus	265
Pardeeville Middle School	Pardeeville	244
Fall River Elementary School	Fall River	234
Lodi Elementary School	Lodi	230
Woodridge Elementary School	Portage	220
Rio Middle/High School	Rio	190
Rio Elementary School	Rio	170
Cambria Friesland Middle/High School	Cambria	162
Portage Partnering Preschool	Portage	148
Cambria Friesland Elementary School	Cambria	147
Lewiston Elementary School	Portage	94
Ouisconsing School of Collaboration	Lodi	80
Discovery Charter School	Columbus	73
Portage Academy of Achievement	Portage	25