Green Bay Reporter

Green Bay Area Public School District had the highest enrollment among Brown County districts, welcoming 18,579 students during the 2023-24 academic year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 51.7% of them were boys, and 48.3% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 89.4% of the Green Bay Area Public School District's total enrollment.

Among the eight districts in Brown County, Howard-Suamico School District ranked second in enrollment numbers with 5,665 students, while De Pere School District welcomed 4,526 students and ranked third in the 2023-24 school year.

Green Bay Area Public School District roughly covers schools within Brown County, with its main office in Green Bay.

In the previous school year, Green Bay Area Public School District also had the highest number of students among Brown County districts.

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.

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Green Bay Area Public School District	Green Bay	18,579
Howard-Suamico School District	Green Bay	5,665
De Pere School District	De Pere	4,526
Pulaski Community School District	Pulaski	3,798
West De Pere School District	De Pere	3,655
Ashwaubenon School District	Green Bay	3,197
Denmark School District	Denmark	1,625
Wrightstown Community School District	Wrightstown	1,320