Montello Virtual Charter School

Montello Virtual Charter School is one of the very small multi-level schools in Montello, Wisconsin, overseen by Montello School District, with 22 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 92% below the state mean of about 272.

Montello Virtual Charter School is one of 4 schools operated by Montello School District, a district that teaches 571 students overall.

On demographics, Montello Virtual Charter School reports that 77% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Marquette County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Montello Virtual Charter School reports 0 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 88.0:1. The state averages around 25.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Marquette County's rate of about 45%.

Across the wider county, Marquette County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,681, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Marquette County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,592 students), of which Montello Virtual Charter School is one.

Forest Lane Community School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Montello Virtual Charter School.

The school occupies a low-density site. As a public charter, Montello Virtual Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Montello Virtual Charter School has grew 16%, going from 19 students in 2018 to 22 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 89% to 77% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 47.5:1 in 2018 to 88.0:1 in 2025.

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