WOLI/Akii'gikinoo'amaading Environmental School

As a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus in Hayward, Wisconsin, WOLI/Akii'gikinoo'amaading Environmental School works with 21 students from grades 6 through 12, part of Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Institute Inc. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 96% leaner than typical.

Operationally, WOLI/Akii'gikinoo'amaading Environmental School answers to Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Institute Inc, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, WOLI/Akii'gikinoo'amaading Environmental School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (86%). The remainder reads as 14% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 0 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 68.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. Around 14% 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 meaningfully below typical.

In the area at large, Sawyer County reports that 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%. WOLI/Akii'gikinoo'amaading Environmental School is one of 12 public schools in Sawyer County (combined enrollment of about 2,501 students).

The closest other public school is Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area. WOLI/Akii'gikinoo'amaading Environmental School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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