NE Wisconsin News

There were 3,236 students enrolled in Door County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.6% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 52.3% of the county student body, while the other 46% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 82.6% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Door County schools, followed by 10% of Hispanic students, 5.5% of multiracial students and 1.1% of Black students.

Southern Door Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Door County’s 16 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 467 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 2022-23	Total Enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Gibraltar Elementary School	257	256	-0.4%
Gibraltar High School	180	165	-8.3%
Gibraltar Middle School	110	112	1.8%
Sawyer Elementary School	248	251	1.2%
Sevastopol Elementary School	240	218	-9.2%
Sevastopol High School	177	187	5.6%
Sevastopol Middle School	156	148	-5.1%
Sevastopol Pre-School	24	38	58.3%
Southern Door Elementary School	448	467	4.2%
Southern Door High School	327	315	-3.7%
Southern Door Middle School	211	209	-0.9%
Sturgeon Bay High School	393	402	2.3%
Sunrise Elementary School	201	208	3.5%
Walker Middle School	223	204	-8.5%
Washington Island Elementary School	43	37	-14%
Washington Island High School	19	19	0%