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Lincoln High School had the highest enrollment among Manitowoc County schools, welcoming 1,484 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, 51.7% of them were boys.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, accounting for 65.2% of the Lincoln High School's total enrollment.

Among the 30 schools in Manitowoc County, Washington Middle School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 491 students, while Two Rivers High School welcomed 474 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Lincoln High School is a part of the Manitowoc School District, which roughly covers schools within Manitowoc County with its main office in Manitowoc.

In the previous school year, Lincoln High School also had the highest number of students among Manitowoc 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
Lincoln High School	Manitowoc	1,484
Washington Middle School	Manitowoc	491
Two Rivers High School	Two Rivers	474
Wilson Middle School	Manitowoc	464
Clarke Middle School	Two Rivers	462
Zielanis Elementary School	Kiel	449
Schultz Elementary School	Mishicot	448
Valders Elementary School	Valders	393
Franklin Elementary School	Manitowoc	389
Kiel High School	Kiel	379
Jackson Elementary School	Manitowoc	377
Jefferson Elementary School	Manitowoc	360
Kiel Middle School	Kiel	332
Koenig Elementary School	Two Rivers	325
Reedsville Elementary School	Reedsville	320
Magee Elementary School	Two Rivers	313
Valders High School	Valders	301
Monroe Elementary School	Manitowoc	285
Mishicot High School	Mishicot	279
Valders Middle School	Valders	276
Riverview Elementary School	Manitowoc	272
Reedsville Junior-Senior High School	Reedsville	264
Riverview Early Learning Center	Manitowoc	255
Madison Elementary School	Manitowoc	228
Lighthouse Learning Academy	Two Rivers	216
Mishicot Middle School	Mishicot	191
McKinley Academy	Manitowoc	121
Cleveland Elementary School	Cleveland	110
Between the Lakes Virtual Academy	KIEL	39
Kiel eSchool	Kiel	25