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The only school district in Adams County suffered declining enrollment in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

There were 1,286 students in the halls of Adams-Friendship Area School District, 2.2% less than the year before.

Enrollment in Adams County was steady compared to the state’s overall decreasing trend.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 51.6% of them were boys, and 48.4% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 82.5% of Adams-Friendship Area School District's total enrollment.

Adams-Friendship Area School District has a main office in Friendship and is the only school district within Adams County.

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 with 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	Total Enrollment in 2023-24	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	Total % Change
Adams-Friendship Elementary School	486	494	-1.6%
Adams-Friendship High School	434	443	-2%
Adams-Friendship Middle School	366	378	-3.2%