Chippewa Valley Times

There were 8,323 students enrolled in Chippewa County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.5% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 49.5% of the county student body, while the other 42.5% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 91.7% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Chippewa County schools, followed by 3% of multiracial students, 2.7% of Hispanic students and 1.2% of Asian students.

Chippewa Falls High School had the highest enrollment among Chippewa County’s 27 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,451 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
Bloomer Elementary School	498	514	3.2%
Bloomer High School	426	398	-6.6%
Bloomer Middle School	332	326	-1.8%
Boyd Elementary School	62	68	9.7%
Cadott Elementary School	442	439	-0.7%
Cadott High School	258	252	-2.3%
Cadott Junior High School	102	107	4.9%
Chippewa Falls High School	1,458	1,451	-0.5%
Chippewa Falls Middle School	1,064	1,037	-2.5%
Cornell Elementary School	214	205	-4.2%
Cornell High School	109	104	-4.6%
Cornell Middle School	81	72	-11.1%
Halmstad Elementary School	379	372	-1.8%
Hillcrest Elementary School	374	348	-7%
Holcombe Elementary School	118	125	5.9%
Holcombe High School	87	82	-5.7%
Jim Falls Elementary School	126	117	-7.1%
Korger-Chestnut	346	319	-7.8%
Parkview Elementary School	392	359	-8.4%
Southview Elementary School	310	296	-4.5%
Stanley Elementary School	436	426	-2.3%
Stanley-Boyd High School	339	320	-5.6%
Stanley-Boyd Middle School	252	251	-0.4%
Stillson Elementary School	334	335	0.3%