Green Bay Reporter

There were 4,537 students enrolled in Oconto County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.5% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 53.3% of the county student body, while the other 46.7% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 89.4% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Oconto County schools, followed by 4.8% of Hispanic students, 3.9% of multiracial students and 1.1% of American Indian students.

Oconto Falls High School had the highest enrollment among Oconto County’s 19 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 534 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
Abrams Elementary School	271	275	1.5%
Fairview Elementary School	113	110	-2.7%
Gillett Elementary School	250	291	16.4%
Gillett High School	159	163	2.5%
Gillett Middle School	108	118	9.3%
Lena Elementary School	203	206	1.5%
Lena High School	133	115	-13.5%
Lena Middle School	87	89	2.3%
Northeast Wisconsin Learning Academy	23	19	-17.4%
Oconto Elementary School	368	354	-3.8%
Oconto Falls Elementary School	519	498	-4%
Oconto Falls High School	521	534	2.5%
Oconto High School	280	265	-5.4%
Oconto Middle School	288	300	4.2%
Sunnyside Elementary School	497	501	0.8%
Suring Elementary School	208	206	-1%
Suring High School	118	134	13.6%
Washington Middle School	368	359	-2.4%