Northwoods Reporter

There were 2,460 students enrolled in Ashland County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.5% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 51.9% of the county student body, while the other 47.6% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 72.5% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Ashland County schools, followed by 14.2% of American Indian students, 7.8% of multiracial students and 3.5% of Hispanic students.

Ashland High School had the highest enrollment among Ashland County’s 11 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 626 students.

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 name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Ashland High School	603	626	3.8%
Ashland Middle School	440	398	-9.5%
Butternut Elementary School	87	102	17.2%
Butternut High School	88	92	4.5%
Chequamegon Middle School	147	129	-12.2%
Glidden Elementary School	48	32	-33.3%
La Pointe Elementary School	11	12	9.1%
Lake Superior Elementary School	644	603	-6.4%
Marengo Valley Elementary School	184	196	6.5%
Mellen Public School	270	270	0%
Promethean Charter School	1	0	-100%