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Best Public Schools in Sawyer County, WI

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At a glance

Schools

2,480

Students

Districts

Top rankedHayward Middle205^th of 643 Wisconsin middle schools

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Smallest classes

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School 5.6 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Northern Waters Environmental School and 1 more

SchoolDigger ratings

3★

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1★

3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ACT English Language Arts (2026)	ACT Mathematics (2026)	ACT Science (2026)	Forward Exam English Language Arts (2026)						Forward Exam Mathematics (2026)						Forward Exam Social Studies (2026)			Forward Exam Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ACT English Language Arts 10th Grade	ACT Mathematics 10th Grade	ACT Science 10th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 4th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 5th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 6th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 7th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 8th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 3rd Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 4th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 5th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 6th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 7th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 4th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 10th Grade	Forward Exam Science 4th Grade	Forward Exam Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hayward Primary	Public	PK, KG-2	10665 N Main St	Hayward	54843	Sawyer County	Hayward Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 634-2619	403	38	10.5	48.1%	268 (66.5%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.2%)	2 (0.5%)	64 (15.9%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (9.9%)								(n/a)																					$16,987	$2,267	$14,720
Hayward High	Public	9-12	10320 Greenwood Ln	Hayward	54843	Sawyer County	Hayward Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 634-2619	522	40	13.0	46.4%	311 (59.6%)	7 (1.3%)	31 (5.9%)	4 (0.8%)	118 (22.6%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (9.8%)	53.8	262^nd of 533 public high schools	50.8%		50.4	216^th of 431 public high schools	49.9%	46	44.6	47.0	42.7															44.8			$15,920	$409	$15,511
Hayward Middle	Public	6-8	10408 Greenwood Ln	Hayward	54843	Sawyer County	Hayward Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 634-2619	340	33	10.2	50.0%	218 (64.1%)	4 (1.2%)	16 (4.7%)	1 (0.3%)	68 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.7%)	65.7	205^th of 643 public middle schools	68.1%		69.8	183^rd of 628 public middle schools	70.9%	22							66.3	52.8	59.1				78.6	59.4	52.4		68.6			61.5	$19,061	$1,927	$17,134
Hayward Intermediate	Public	3-5	15930 W 5th St	Hayward	54843	Sawyer County	Hayward Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 634-2619	327	26	12.7	50.2%	200 (61.2%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (17.7%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (13.1%)	59.5	449^th of 1039 public elementary schools	56.8%		71.1	298^th of 1044 public elementary schools	71.5%	151				58.0	57.4	50.9				65.0	54.5	61.2				65.4			53.5		$15,447	$1,185	$14,262
Northern Waters Environmental School	Public, Charter	6-12	10256 Greenwood Ln	Hayward	54843	Sawyer County	Hayward Community School District	Yes	No	No	No	(715) 634-2619	43	3	14.3	44.2%	34 (79.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (9.3%)	49.5	295^th of 533 public high schools	44.7%					(n/a)	37.5	25.0	62.5				28.6	57.1	50.0				14.3	28.6	25.0		50.0			37.5	$11,864	$229	$11,635
Hayward Center for Individualized Learning	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	15574 State Hwy 77	Hayward	54843	Sawyer County	Hayward Community School District	Yes	No	Yes	No	(715) 934-2112	250	7	35.2	26.0%	235 (94.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (2.8%)	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.2%)								(n/a)	57.9	36.8	68.4	53.9	53.9	60.0	72.7	61.9	66.7	38.5	30.8	20.0	36.4	52.4	33.3	61.5	66.7	66.7	30.8	66.7	$11,287	$229	$11,058
Winter Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6585 W Grove St	Winter	54896	Sawyer County	Winter School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 266-3301	93	10	9.7	67.7%	72 (77.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.2%)	34.1	767^th of 1039 public elementary schools	26.2%		37.6	749^th of 1044 public elementary schools	28.3%	18				61.5	50.0	23.5				46.2	50.0	29.4				60.0			30.0		$25,303	$1,922	$23,381
Winter High	Public	9-12	6585 W Grove St	Winter	54896	Sawyer County	Winter School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 266-3301	72	6	12.5	58.3%	66 (91.7%)	1 (1.4%)	2 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37	364^th of 533 public high schools	31.7%					(n/a)	38.9	27.8	33.3															46.2			$25,322	$1,004	$24,318
Winter Middle	Public	6-8	6585 W Grove St	Winter	54896	Sawyer County	Winter School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 266-6701	41	6	7.1	63.4%	37 (90.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.4%)	26.1	509^th of 643 public middle schools	20.8%		47.3	368^th of 628 public middle schools	41.4%	141							45.5	44.4	35.7				36.4	44.4	21.4		38.5			46.2	$22,746	$3,872	$18,874
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School	Public, Alternative	K-12	8575 N Trepania Rd	Hayward	54843	Sawyer County	Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(715) 634-8924	389	69	5.6	99.2%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	389 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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