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Baraboo High School had the highest enrollment among Sauk County schools, welcoming 917 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, 52.6% of them were boys, and 47.4% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, accounting for 82.3% of the Baraboo High School's total enrollment.

Among the 30 schools in Sauk County, Reedsburg Area High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 898 students, while Sauk Prairie High School welcomed 864 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

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

In the previous school year, Baraboo High School also had the highest number of students among Sauk 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
Baraboo High School	Baraboo	917
Reedsburg Area High School	Reedsburg	898
Sauk Prairie High School	Prairie du Sac	864
Wisconsin Dells High School	Wisconsin Dells	603
Jack Young Middle School	Baraboo	599
Webb Middle School	Reedsburg	586
Sauk Prairie Middle School	Sauk City	582
Prairie Ridge Intermediate School	Reedsburg	505
Bridges Elementary School	Prairie du Sac	500
Grand Avenue Elementary School	Prairie du Sac	410
River Valley High School	Spring Green	389
Pineview Elementary School	Reedsburg	382
East Elementary School	Baraboo	343
River Valley Middle School	Spring Green	317
Willson Elementary School	Baraboo	285
River Valley Elementary School	Spring Green	283
Al Behrman Elementary School	Baraboo	269
Tower Rock Elementary School	Prairie du Sac	228
Lake Delton Elementary School	Lake Delton	217
West Side Elementary School	Reedsburg	211
Weston Elementary School	Cazenovia	140
Merrimac Community	Merrimac	136
North Freedom Elementary School	North Freedom	111
River Valley Early Learning Center	Plain	109
Baraboo Early Learning Cooperative	Baraboo	88
Weston Senior High School	Cazenovia	81
West Elementary-Kindergarten Center	Baraboo	62
4K Community-Based	Reedsburg	61
Weston Junior High School	Cazenovia	31
BELC--Renewal Head Start	Baraboo	14