Washington County News

There were 476 students enrolled in Holy Hill Area School District schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.4% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 53.6% of them were boys, and 46.4% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, accounting for 91.8% of the Holy Hill Area School District total enrollment.

Holy Hill Area School District covers two schools within Washington County, with its main office in Richfield.

Among the two schools in the Holy Hill Area School District, Friess Lake Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of 292 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
Friess Lake Elementary School	292
Richfield Middle School	184