Chippewa Valley Times

Menomonie Area School District had the highest enrollment among Dunn County districts, welcoming 3,244 students during the 2023-24 academic year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 52.7% of them were boys, and 0% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 94% of the Menomonie Area School District's total enrollment.

Among the four districts in Dunn County, Elk Mound Area School District ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,196 students, while Colfax School District welcomed 705 students and ranked third in the 2023-24 school year.

Menomonie Area School District roughly covers schools within Dunn County, with its main office in Menomonie.

In the previous school year, Menomonie Area School District also had the highest number of students among Dunn County districts.

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.

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Menomonie Area School District	Menomonie	3,244
Elk Mound Area School District	Elk Mound	1,196
Colfax School District	Colfax	705
Boyceville Community School District	Boyceville	693