Racine Sun

There were 2,856 students enrolled in Burlington Area School District schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 51.3% of them were boys, and 48.7% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, accounting for 78.8% of the Burlington Area School District total enrollment.

Burlington Area School District covers seven schools within Racine County, with its main office in Burlington.

Among the seven schools in the Burlington Area School District, Burlington High School recorded the highest enrollment of 937 students in the 2023-24 school year.

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	Total Enrollment
Burlington High School	937
Nettie E. Karcher School	622
Cooper Elementary School	483
Waller Elementary School	332
Dr. Edward G. Dyer School	198
Lyons Center	159
Winkler Elementary School	125