NE Wisconsin News

There were 957 students enrolled in Menominee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 53% of the county student body, while the other 47% were girls.

Data also showed that American Indian students made up 87.1% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Menominee County schools, followed by 7.1% of Hispanic students, 5.2% of multiracial students and 0.3% of white students.

Keshena Primary School had the highest enrollment among Menominee County’s four schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 429 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
Keshena Primary School	432	429	-0.7%
Menominee Indian High School	346	336	-2.9%
Menominee Indian Middle School	179	192	7.3%