Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School

Set in Hayward, Wisconsin, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School is a mid-sized combined-grade school, one of the schools within Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School. It serves 389 students across grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 43% above typical.

Operationally, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School answers to Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (100%).

On the resource side, The school lists 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 25.6:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Sawyer County (around 55%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Sawyer County put the typical household earns roughly $60,801 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School is one of 12 public schools in Sawyer County (combined enrollment of about 2,501 students).

WOLI/Akii'gikinoo'amaading Environmental School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School has grew 37%, going from 284 students in 2018 to 389 in 2025.

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