Northwoods Reporter

There were 6,694 students enrolled in Polk County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.6% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 52.4% of the county student body, while the other 47.6% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 90.6% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Polk County schools, followed by 3.6% of Hispanic students, 3.4% of multiracial students and 1.2% of American Indian students.

Osceola High School had the highest enrollment among Polk County’s 26 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 551 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
Amery High School	481	465	-3.3%
Amery Intermediate School	263	285	8.4%
Amery Middle School	303	300	-1%
Clayton Elementary School	127	137	7.9%
Clayton High School	102	93	-8.8%
Clayton Middle School	66	56	-15.2%
Clear Lake High School	184	181	-1.6%
Clear Lake Junior High School	102	100	-2%
Dresser Elementary School	73	54	-26%
Frederic 6-12 School	224	221	-1.3%
Frederic Elementary School	217	208	-4.1%
Gaylord A. Nelson Educational Center	286	284	-0.7%
Lien Elementary School	394	347	-11.9%
Luck Elementary School	184	190	3.3%
Luck High School	121	118	-2.5%
Luck Middle School	83	86	3.6%
Osceola Elementary School	391	397	1.5%
Osceola High School	527	551	4.6%
Osceola Intermediate School	299	307	2.7%
Osceola Middle School	361	339	-6.1%
Saint Croix Falls Elementary School	342	347	1.5%
Saint Croix Falls High School	349	342	-2%
Saint Croix Falls Middle School	319	332	4.1%
Unity Elementary School	383	396	3.4%
Unity High School	291	296	1.7%
Unity Middle School	265	262	-1.1%