County directory · Wisconsin · 2026–27

School districts in Grant County, WI

Grant County has 10 regular public school districts, enrolling 6,836 students in 2024–25. The largest is Platteville School District (1,544 students, 23% of the county), followed by Lancaster Community School District and Fennimore Community School District. All 10 offer kindergarten. Wisconsin's kindergarten cutoff: turn 5 by September 1.

The 10 districts, largest first

School districts in Grant County, WI by 2024–25 enrollment
District and officeGradesSchoolsStudentsKindergartenDistrict office contact
Platteville School District
780 N 2nd St, Platteville
also serves Iowa County and Lafayette County
Pre-K–1241,54496
(608) 342-4000
Lancaster Community School District
231 N Sheridan St, Lancaster
Pre-K–12399165
(608) 723-2175
Fennimore Community School District
1397 9th St, Fennimore
Pre-K–12382150
(608) 822-3243
Cuba City School District
101 N School St, Cuba City
also serves Lafayette County
Pre-K–12367936
(608) 744-2847
Boscobel Area School District
1510 Chestnut Street, Boscobel
also serves Crawford County and Richland County
Pre-K–12365139
(608) 375-4164
Riverdale School District
747 N 6th St, Muscoda
also serves Crawford County, Iowa County and Richland County
Pre-K–12463151
(608) 739-3832
Southwestern Wisconsin School District
1105 Maple Street, Hazel Green
also serves Lafayette County
Pre-K–12352834
(608) 854-2261
River Ridge School District
11165 County Highway P, Patch Grove
Pre-K–12348140
(608) 994-2715
Potosi School District
128 Highway 61 N, Potosi
Pre-K–12333920
(608) 763-2162
Cassville School District
715 E Amelia St, Cassville
Pre-K–12217111
(608) 725-5116

Grant County at a glance

Together the 10 districts run 31 schools from offices in 10 towns. The smallest by enrollment is Cassville School District, with 171 students; the median Grant County district has 631. By grade span: 10 Pre-K–12.

Kindergarten in 2024–25, counting the 10 districts that report a K grade: 442 children. The biggest kindergarten was Platteville School District's, with 96; Lancaster Community School District had 65, and the smallest, Cassville School District, had 11.

Grant County holds 10 of Wisconsin's 420 regular districts (2.4%) and 0.9% of its 793,595 public school students, ranking 7th of 72 counties by number of districts and 30th by enrollment. By size, 1 enroll 1,000 to 4,999 and 9 have fewer than 1,000 students, and the average school here has about 221 students.

5 districts reach past the county line: Platteville School District (into Iowa County and Lafayette County), Cuba City School District (into Lafayette County), Boscobel Area School District (into Crawford County and Richland County), Riverdale School District (into Crawford County, Iowa County and Richland County) and Southwestern Wisconsin School District (into Lafayette County).

Which district am I in?

Each district draws its own attendance zones, so your home address decides it, and with 5 of Grant County's districts crossing county lines the county alone won't. There is no address lookup here; ask the district. Each one's own site:

Platteville School District · Lancaster Community School District · Fennimore Community School District · Cuba City School District · Boscobel Area School District · Riverdale School District · Southwestern Wisconsin School District · River Ridge School District · Potosi School District · Cassville School District

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Most US states use a September 1 cutoff. Year-stamped for the 2026–27 school year.

More in Wisconsin

Every Wisconsin district by county · Wisconsin kindergarten cutoff

More Wisconsin county directories: Dane County (15) · Kenosha County (12) · Milwaukee County (18) · Racine County (12) · Walworth County (15) · Waukesha County (18)

Sources

District list, grades, school counts and websites: NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) LEA Universe Directory, SY 2025-26 (preliminary, v0a), published July 1, 2026. Regular public districts only (NCES LEA types 1 and 2); charter-only, state-run and regional service agencies are not listed.
Enrollment: NCES CCD LEA Membership, SY 2024-25 (v1a), published December 29, 2025 — the newest year NCES has released.
Counties: NCES EDGE Public LEA Geocodes, SY 2024-25 (district office location) and NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files 2025 (grf25_lea_county) (counties each district boundary covers).
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