Waupaca County Education: 7,433 students were enrolled in 2023-24 school year

Clintonville School District Superintendent Troy Kuhn (2023) | Clintonville School District

By Fox Cities News

Dec 1, 2024

There were 7,433 students enrolled in Waupaca County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.2% 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 46.2% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 86.3% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Waupaca County schools, followed by 8.4% of Hispanic students, 3.2% of multiracial students and 0.9% of Black students.

New London High School had the highest enrollment among Waupaca County’s 25 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 685 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 Waupaca County Over 18 Years

Enrollment in Waupaca County Schools

School name	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	Total Enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Catalyst Academy	36	24	-33.3%
Chain Exploration Center	131	133	1.5%
Clintonville High School	401	397	-1%
Clintonville Middle School	255	232	-9%
Fremont Elementary School	91	93	2.2%
Iola-Scandinavia Elementary School	278	299	7.6%
Iola-Scandinavia High School	288	283	-1.7%
Lincoln Elementary School	239	266	11.3%
Little Wolf High School	205	193	-5.9%
Longfellow Elementary School	508	513	1%
Manawa Elementary School	244	199	-18.4%
Manawa Middle School	115	113	-1.7%
Marion Elementary School	249	236	-5.2%
Marion High School	202	216	6.9%
New London High School	674	685	1.6%
New London Middle School	596	563	-5.5%
Parkview Elementary School	289	274	-5.2%
Readfield Elementary School	134	136	1.5%
Waupaca Community 4-Year Old Kindergarten	130	121	-6.9%
Waupaca High School	602	605	0.5%
Waupaca Learning Center Elementary	615	620	0.8%
Waupaca Middle School	521	536	2.9%
Weyauwega Elementary School	256	259	1.2%
Weyauwega High School	290	283	-2.4%
Weyauwega Middle School	175	154	-12%