NE Wisconsin News

There were 3,257 students enrolled in Door County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.2% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 52.1% of the county student body, while the other 41.9% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 83.6% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Door County schools, followed by 9.5% of Hispanic students, 4.5% of multiracial students and 1.4% of Black students.

Southern Door Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Door County’s 16 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 448 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
Gibraltar Elementary School	208	257	23.6%
Gibraltar High School	185	180	-2.7%
Gibraltar Middle School	129	110	-14.7%
Sawyer Elementary School	239	248	3.8%
Sevastopol Elementary School	233	240	3%
Sevastopol High School	176	177	0.6%
Sevastopol Middle School	161	156	-3.1%
Sevastopol Pre-School	33	24	-27.3%
Southern Door Elementary School	445	448	0.7%
Southern Door High School	321	327	1.9%
Southern Door Middle School	224	211	-5.8%
Sturgeon Bay High School	404	393	-2.7%
Sunrise Elementary School	198	201	1.5%
Walker Middle School	209	223	6.7%
Washington Island Elementary School	39	43	10.3%
Washington Island High School	14	19	35.7%