Northwoods Reporter

There were 1,891 students enrolled in Hayward Community School District schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.7% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 53.4% of them were boys, and 46.6% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, accounting for 69.3% of the Hayward Community School District total enrollment.

Hayward Community School District covers six schools within Sawyer County, with its main office in Hayward.

Among the six schools in the Hayward Community School District, Hayward High School recorded the highest enrollment of 512 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
Hayward High School	512
Hayward Primary School	403
Hayward Intermediate School	346
Hayward Middle School	344
Hayward Center for Individualized Learning	244
Northern Waters Environmental School	42