Green Bay Reporter

There were 4,514 students enrolled in Oconto County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.2% 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 89.9% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Oconto County schools, followed by 4.5% of Hispanic students, 4.1% of multiracial students and 1% of American Indian students.

Oconto Falls High School had the highest enrollment among Oconto County’s 19 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 521 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
Abrams Elementary School	254	271	6.7%
Fairview Elementary School	138	113	-18.1%
Gillett Elementary School	243	250	2.9%
Gillett High School	173	159	-8.1%
Gillett Middle School	115	108	-6.1%
Lena Elementary School	210	203	-3.3%
Lena High School	138	133	-3.6%
Lena Middle School	78	87	11.5%
Northeast Wisconsin Learning Academy	17	23	35.3%
Oconto Elementary School	367	368	0.3%
Oconto Falls Elementary School	532	519	-2.4%
Oconto Falls High School	490	521	6.3%
Oconto High School	273	280	2.6%
Oconto Middle School	223	288	29.1%
Sunnyside Elementary School	477	497	4.2%
Suring Elementary School	214	208	-2.8%
Suring High School	124	118	-4.8%
Washington Middle School	377	368	-2.4%