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There were 1,550 students enrolled in Marquette County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.7% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 53.9% of the county student body, while the other 44.7% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 86.7% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Marquette County schools, followed by 8.1% of Hispanic students, 3% of multiracial students and 1.4% of Black students.

Westfield Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Marquette County’s nine schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 302 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 2022-23	Total Enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Endeavor Elementary School	67	63	-6%
Forest Lane Community School	268	270	0.7%
High Marq Environmental Charter School	33	32	-3%
Montello Junior/Senior High School	256	252	-1.6%
Montello Virtual Charter School	36	22	-38.9%
Oxford Elementary School	142	145	2.1%
Westfield Area High School	291	290	-0.3%
Westfield Area Middle School	164	174	6.1%
Westfield Elementary School	336	302	-10.1%