Northern Waters Environmental School
Hayward · WI · Hayward Community School District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Gordon Correctional Center → Birchwood High → Northwood High/Middle → Mercer School → Solon Springs School → North Star Academy → Eagles Academy → Winter High →At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
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How Northern Waters Environmental School compares for families
What families should know about Northern Waters Environmental School.
- ▸ LocallyWI students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Gordon Correctional Center, Birchwood High, Northwood High/Middle and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of Wisconsin-Madison
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $17,354/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +7.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 43 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Correctional Center Gordon |
Public | 19.9 | — | — |
| Birchwood High Birchwood |
Public | 24.3 | 59 | -10.6% |
| Northwood High/Middle Minong |
Public · charter | 18.3 | 86 | -9.5% |
| Mercer School Mercer |
Public | 69.8 | 37 | — |
| Solon Springs School Solon Springs |
Public | 28.4 | 57 | -19.7% |
| North Star Academy Cameron |
Public · charter | 43.1 | 38 | — |
| Eagles Academy Solon Springs |
Public · charter | 28.4 | 7 | — |
| Winter High Winter |
Public | 26.7 | 72 | -1.4% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantNorthern Waters Environmental School is a public high school in Hayward, WI, enrolling 43 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many students attend Northern Waters Environmental School? Northern Waters Environmental School is a public high school in Hayward, WI, enrolling 43 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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