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There were 2,601 students enrolled in Vilas County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.4% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 52.4% of the county student body, while the other 47.6% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 71.4% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Vilas County schools, followed by 17.7% of American Indian students, 5.3% of Hispanic students and 4.8% of multiracial students.

Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Vilas County’s 13 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 509 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
Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary School	521	509	-2.3%
Lac du Flambeau Elementary School	515	487	-5.4%
North Lakeland Elementary School	153	145	-5.2%
Northland Pines Elementary - Land O'Lakes	55	53	-3.6%
Northland Pines Elementary School - Saint Germain	90	92	2.2%
Northland Pines Elementary-Eagle River	498	497	-0.2%
Northland Pines High School	417	372	-10.8%
Northland Pines Middle School	182	170	-6.6%
Northland Pines Montessori Learning Center (NPMLC)	71	70	-1.4%
Phelps Elementary School	56	67	19.6%
Phelps High School	29	25	-13.8%
School of Options & Applied Research High	32	73	128.1%
School of Options & Applied Research Middle	46	41	-10.9%