Northwoods Reporter

There were 2,154 students enrolled in Sawyer 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 52.7% of the county student body, while the other 47.3% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 69.9% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Sawyer County schools, followed by 17% of American Indian students, 6.3% of multiracial students and 5.2% of Hispanic students.

Hayward High School had the highest enrollment among Sawyer County’s 12 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 529 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
Hayward Center for Individualized Learning	230	229	-0.4%
Hayward High School	546	529	-3.1%
Hayward Intermediate School	349	353	1.1%
Hayward Middle School	372	347	-6.7%
Hayward Primary School	384	416	8.3%
Northern Waters Environmental School	38	31	-18.4%
Winter Elementary School	113	113	0%
Winter High School	73	83	13.7%
Winter Middle School	59	53	-10.2%