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Southern Door Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Door County schools, welcoming 482 students during the 2024-25 academic year, according to a report from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2024-25 school year, 57.3% identified themselves as boys, and 42.7% as girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, accounting for 86.9% 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 348 students, while Southern Door High School welcomed 304 students and ranked third in the 2024-25 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.

In 2022, the teacher-to-student ratio was approximately 1:14 in Wisconsin classrooms, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Wisconsin ranks 22nd in the U.S. for public education spending, with an annual expenditure of over $16,500 per pupil, totaling $13.8 billion.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Southern Door Elementary School	Brussels	482
Sturgeon Bay High School	Sturgeon Bay	348
Southern Door High School	Brussels	304
Gibraltar Elementary School	Fish Creek	265
Sevastopol Elementary School	Sturgeon Bay	230
Walker Middle School	Sturgeon Bay	228
Sawyer Elementary School	Sturgeon Bay	223
Sunrise Elementary School	Sturgeon Bay	214
Sevastopol High School	Sturgeon Bay	209
Southern Door Middle School	Brussels	205
Gibraltar High School	Fish Creek	175
Sevastopol Middle School	Sturgeon Bay	140
Gibraltar Middle School	Fish Creek	92
Washington Island Elementary School	Washington Island	38
Sevastopol Pre-School	Sturgeon Bay	27
Washington Island High School	Washington Island	23