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Price County: 2.2% more students were enrolled in 2022-23 school year

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

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

There were 1,557 students enrolled in Price County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.2% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 51.6% of the county student body, while the other 47.7% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 88.1% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Price County schools, followed by 3.7% of Hispanic students, 3% of multiracial students and 2.6% of Pacific Islander students.

Phillips Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Price County’s nine schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 329 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.

Enrollment in Price County Over 16 Years
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Enrollment in Price County Schools
School nameTotal Enrollment in 2021-22Total Enrollment in 2022-23% change
Chequamegon High School2132182.3%
Class ACT Charter2111-47.6%
Park Falls Elementary School25128011.6%
Phillips Elementary School331329-0.6%
Phillips High School221214-3.2%
Phillips Middle School159157-1.3%
Prentice Elementary School1171289.4%
Prentice High School1151171.7%
Prentice Middle School961037.3%

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