Total enrollment
983
-72 (-7%) vs SY 2017-18
4 schools in Amherst
Wisconsin · Public K-12
Inside Amherst (Wisconsin), 4 public K-12 schools enroll roughly 983 students, averaging 246 per campus.
7-year change in Amherst
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
4
+1 (+33%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
93%
was 95%
% Hispanic
4%
was 2%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
| Name | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst Elementary | Elementary | PK-04 | 342 |
| Amherst High | High | 09-12 | 349 |
| Amherst Middle | Middle | 05-08 | 257 |
| Central Sands Community High School | High | 09-12 | 35 |
About Amherst
Amherst is a thinly populated Wisconsin city in terms of public-school footprint, with 4 schools and 983 students total.
On the school-mix side, the city is built around 1 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high.
Per-campus enrollment runs near 246, below the state mean of about 370.
Over the past 7-year window. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment contracted 7%: 1,055 students in SY 2017-18 versus 983 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, Amherst opened 1 school, going from 3 to 4.
On allk12, the community for Amherst discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Discussions cut across districts, schools, and grade levels.