Door County Education: Which school had most students enrolled in 2022-23 school year

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

By NE Wisconsin News

Dec 15, 2023

Southern Door Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Door County schools, welcoming 448 students during the 2022-23 academic year, according to a report from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 54.5% of them were boys, and 45.5% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, accounting for 89.1% of the Southern Door Elementary School's total enrollment.

Among the 16 schools in Door County, Sturgeon Bay High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 393 students, while Southern Door High School welcomed 327 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Southern Door Elementary School is a part of the Southern Door County School District, which roughly covers schools within Door County with its main office in Brussels.

In the previous school year, Southern Door Elementary School also had the highest number of students among Door County schools.

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, the teacher-to-student ratio was approximately 1:14 in Wisconsin classrooms, 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.

Enrollment in Door County Over 17 Years

Enrollment in Door County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Southern Door Elementary School	Brussels	448
Sturgeon Bay High School	Sturgeon Bay	393
Southern Door High School	Brussels	327
Gibraltar Elementary School	Fish Creek	257
Sawyer Elementary School	Sturgeon Bay	248
Sevastopol Elementary School	Sturgeon Bay	240
Walker Middle School	Sturgeon Bay	223
Southern Door Middle School	Brussels	211
Sunrise Elementary School	Sturgeon Bay	201
Gibraltar High School	Fish Creek	180
Sevastopol High School	Sturgeon Bay	177
Sevastopol Middle School	Sturgeon Bay	156
Gibraltar Middle School	Fish Creek	110
Washington Island Elementary School	Washington Island	43
Sevastopol Pre-School	Sturgeon Bay	24
Washington Island High School	Washington Island	19