Chippewa Valley Times

There were 14,411 students enrolled in St. Croix County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.5% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 51.4% of the county student body, while the other 48.5% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 88.5% of the student body, the biggest percentage in St. Croix County schools, followed by 4.9% of Hispanic students, 3.7% of multiracial students and 1.6% of Asian students.

Hudson High School had the highest enrollment among St. Croix County’s 31 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,718 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
Baldwin-Woodville High School	505	508	0.6%
Glenwood City Elementary School	295	317	7.5%
Glenwood City High School	193	203	5.2%
Glenwood City Middle School	136	133	-2.2%
Greenfield Elementary School	845	805	-4.7%
Houlton Elementary School	225	229	1.8%
Hudson 4K	348	327	-6%
Hudson High School	1,783	1,718	-3.6%
Hudson Middle School	1,133	1,150	1.5%
Hudson Prairie Elementary School	509	502	-1.4%
Hudson Virtual Charter School	9	6	-33.3%
NR4Kids	247	245	-0.8%
New Richmond Early Childhood Special Education	14	20	42.9%
New Richmond High School	1,112	1,086	-2.3%
New Richmond Hillside Elementary School	556	568	2.2%
New Richmond Middle School	749	726	-3.1%
New Richmond Paperjack Elementary School	337	335	-0.6%
New Richmond Starr Elementary School	539	552	2.4%
North Hudson Elementary School	278	270	-2.9%
River Crest Elementary School	373	367	-1.6%
Rock Elementary School	405	384	-5.2%
Saint Croix Central Elementary School	665	635	-4.5%
Saint Croix Central High School	491	486	-1%
Saint Croix Central Middle School	479	477	-0.4%
Saint Croix Virtual Academy Inc.	231	223	-3.5%
Somerset Elementary School	563	567	0.7%
Somerset High School	469	464	-1.1%
Somerset Middle School	431	421	-2.3%
Viking Middle School	391	389	-0.5%
Willow River Elementary School	314	298	-5.1%