Northwoods Reporter

There were 2,116 students enrolled in Sawyer County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.8% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 53.2% of the county student body, while the other 46.8% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 71.1% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Sawyer County schools, followed by 15.5% of American Indian students, 6.9% of multiracial students and 5.5% of Hispanic students.

Hayward High School had the highest enrollment among Sawyer County’s 12 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 512 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 2022-23	Total Enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Hayward Center for Individualized Learning	229	244	6.6%
Hayward High School	529	512	-3.2%
Hayward Intermediate School	353	346	-2%
Hayward Middle School	347	344	-0.9%
Hayward Primary School	416	403	-3.1%
Northern Waters Environmental School	31	42	35.5%
Winter Elementary School	113	103	-8.8%
Winter High School	83	78	-6%
Winter Middle School	53	44	-17%