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Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Vilas County schools, welcoming 521 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, 52% of them were boys, and 48% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, accounting for 85.4% of the Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary School's total enrollment.

Among the 13 schools in Vilas County, Lac du Flambeau Elementary School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 515 students, while Northland Pines Elementary-Eagle River welcomed 498 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary School is a part of the Woodruff J1 School District, which roughly covers schools within Vilas County with its main office in Arbor Vitae.

In the previous school year, Lac du Flambeau Elementary School had the highest number of students among Vilas 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.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary School	Arbor Vitae	521
Lac du Flambeau Elementary School	Lac du Flambeau	515
Northland Pines Elementary-Eagle River	Eagle River	498
Northland Pines High School	Eagle River	417
Northland Pines Middle School	Eagle River	182
North Lakeland Elementary School	Manitowish Waters	153
Northland Pines Elementary School - Saint Germain	Saint Germain	90
Northland Pines Montessori Learning Center (NPMLC)	Saint Germain	71
Phelps Elementary School	Phelps	56
Northland Pines Elementary - Land O'Lakes	Land O' Lakes	55
School of Options & Applied Research Middle	Land O' Lakes	46
School of Options & Applied Research High	Eagle River	32
Phelps High School	Phelps	29