The Wisconsin Policy Forums’ recent brief look at Dual Enrollment (taking courses at a 2 or 4 year higher education institution while still enrolled in a high school) prompted me to update University of Wisconsin-Madison enrollment data by high school. The effort also reminded me of Janet Mertz’s tireless effort years ago on behalf of local high school students whose dual enrollment opportunities were largely aborted.
Most of the data for these charts is available at the UW-Madison Registrar’s web presence. The earlier years I somehow captured in an old spreadsheet.
UW-Madison enrollment has grown substantially in recent years, now around 50,000 students. The reasons for that are best left to another post, or better yet, others with a deeper understanding of higher ed finance & staffing choices.
Madison area high schools:
