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COVID Gave Wisconsin Charters a 7,500-Student Boost They Never Gave Back
In a single school year, Wisconsin's charter sector gained more ground than it had in the previous five years combined. Between 2019 and 2021, charter schools added 7,570 students -- a 17.5% increase ...
Wisconsin Lost 8,121 Students in a Single Year — and It Wasn't Even the Worst Recent Drop
The number that flashes brightest in Wisconsin's enrollment data is the one from the pandemic: 25,024 students gone in a single year, 2020-21. That was the crisis everyone saw. What the state is livin...
150,000 Fewer White Students in 19 Years
Wisconsin lost 67,640 public school students between 2006 and 2025. White students alone lost 150,475.
Wisconsin Hits an All-Time Low: 805,881 Students
Every year since 2014-15, Wisconsin's public schools have opened with fewer students than the year before. The streak has now reached 10 observed years with no interruption, no plateau, no sign of a f...