Northwoods Reporter

There were 541 students enrolled in Clear Lake School District schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.2% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 54.3% of them were boys, and 45.7% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, accounting for 91.7% of the Clear Lake School District total enrollment.

Clear Lake School District covers three schools within Polk County, with its main office in Clear Lake.

Among the three schools in the Clear Lake School District, Gaylord A. Nelson Educational Center recorded the highest enrollment of 269 students in the 2023-24 school year.

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	Total Enrollment
Gaylord A. Nelson Educational Center	269
Clear Lake High School	198
Clear Lake Junior High School	74