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There were 4,111 students enrolled in Lincoln County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.4% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 50.5% of the county student body, while the other 49.5% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 89.1% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Lincoln County schools, followed by 5.1% of multiracial students, 3.3% of Hispanic students and 1.1% of Black students.

Merrill High School had the highest enrollment among Lincoln County’s 12 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 803 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
Bridges Virtual Academy	832	731	-12.1%
Kate Goodrich Elementary School	356	375	5.3%
Merrill Adult Diploma Academy	27	26	-3.7%
Merrill High School	794	803	1.1%
Pine River School for Young Learners (PRSYL)	155	150	-3.2%
Prairie River Middle School	656	593	-9.6%
Tomahawk Elementary School	536	554	3.4%
Tomahawk High School	375	371	-1.1%
Tomahawk Middle School	287	279	-2.8%
Washington Elementary School	236	229	-3%