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West High School had the highest enrollment among Marathon County schools, welcoming 1,470 students during the 2024-25 academic year, according to a report from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2024-25 school year, 51.8% identified themselves as boys, and 48.2% as girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, accounting for 66.2% of the West High School's total enrollment.

Among the 50 schools in Marathon County, D. C. Everest High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,335 students, while John Muir Middle School welcomed 967 students and ranked third in the 2024-25 school year.

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

In the previous school year, West High School also had the highest number of students among Marathon County schools.

In 2022, the teacher-to-student ratio was approximately 1:14 in Wisconsin classrooms, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Wisconsin ranks 22nd in the U.S. for public education spending, with an annual expenditure of over $16,500 per pupil, totaling $13.8 billion.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
West High School	Wausau	1,470
D. C. Everest High School	Weston	1,335
John Muir Middle School	Wausau	967
East High School	Wausau	893
D. C. Everest Junior High School	Weston	848
D. C. Everest Middle School	Weston	844
Mosinee Middle School	Mosinee	685
Horace Mann Middle School	Wausau	635
Mosinee Elementary School	Mosinee	632
Mosinee High School	Mosinee	548
Weston Elementary School	Weston	519
G. D. Jones Elementary School	Wausau	492
Riverside Elementary School	Ringle	487
Mountain Bay Elementary School	Weston	451
Evergreen Elementary School	Rothschild	450
Riverview Elementary School	Wausau	445
Rothschild Elementary School	Rothschild	408
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Wausau	372
Spencer Junior High/High School	Spencer	329
Stratford Elementary School	Stratford	328
Stettin Elementary School	Wausau	327
Marathon Elementary School	Marathon	323
Spencer Elementary School	Spencer	290
Stratford High School	Stratford	277
Marathon High School	Marathon	274
Edgar Elementary School	Edgar	255
D. C. Everest 4K Community Partnership	Rothschild	236
South Mountain Elementary School	Wausau	235
John Marshall Elementary School	Wausau	231
Maine Elementary School	Wausau	229
Hawthorn Hills Elementary School	Wausau	227
Lincoln Elementary School	Wausau	204
Rib Mountain Elementary School	Wausau	194
Edgar High School	Edgar	193
Grant Elementary School	Wausau	189
Franklin Elementary School	Wausau	181
Marathon Venture Academy	Marathon	173
Stratford Middle School	Stratford	163
Wausau Area Virtual Education	Wausau	152
Athens Elementary School	Athens	136
Hatley Elementary School	Hatley	136
Wausau Area Montessori Charter School	Wausau	121
Edgar Middle School	Edgar	120
Athens High School	Athens	108
Maple Grove School	Athens	94
Hewitt-Texas Elementary School	Wausau	85
Athens Middle School	Athens	79
D. C. Everest Idea School	Weston	69
Odyssey Elementary School	Weston	64
Enrich Excel Achieve Learning Academy	Wausau	38