Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School

This page covers Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School, a medium-sized combined-grade school in Hayward, Wisconsin. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 12, with 389 students enrolled. For comparison, combined schools in Wisconsin average about 272 students.

In federal data, the district for Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School is the school itself.

The student body at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School is 100% Native American. The school's diversity index is 0%, meaning two students picked at random have a 0% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Dividing enrollment by its 69 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 5.6:1. That is 20.0 students per teacher below the 25.6:1 average for combined schools in Wisconsin. Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School reports 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 55% average for public schools in Sawyer County.

Across Sawyer County, the median household income is $60,801, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Sawyer County is home to 12 public schools and about 2,501 public school students.

WOLI/Akii'gikinoo'amaading Environmental School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. The ten-mile area around Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School holds 7 other public schools.

By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Remote, or in rural territory far from an urban area.

Over 7 years, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School's enrollment grew 37%, to 389.

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