NE Wisconsin News

There were 390 students enrolled in Florence County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.3% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 52.6% of the county student body, while the other 47.4% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 91.3% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Florence County schools, followed by 3.1% of Hispanic students, 2.6% of American Indian students and 2.1% of multiracial students.

Florence Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Florence County’s three schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 211 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
Florence Elementary School	220	211	-4.1%
Florence High School	115	118	2.6%
Florence Middle School	56	61	8.9%