SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, WI (WHBL) - We now know how many students are using vouchers to attend local private schools in Sheboygan County. The Department of Public Instruction released unaudited numbers Tuesday regarding the state’s Parental Choice Program for the 2015-16 school year.
Thanks to the elimination of the program’s cap in the state budget, the number of schools in Sheboygan County receiving vouchers increased from five to nine. A total of 160 students will receive over seven thousand dollars in state aid to attend the schools.
They account for more than 17-percent of the nine school’s total population, with individual schools ranging from nine to 35 percent.
DPI says the expansion of the program, which will cost over 18-million dollars this school year, will mean public school district will receive nearly 12 million dollars less in state aid.
VOUCHER PROGRAM IN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY FOR 2015-16
Bethlehem Lutheran Grade School, Sheboygan: 16 students, 15 full-time, 11-percent of population
Immanuel Lutheran School, Sheboygan: 10 students, 9.5 full-time, 19-percent of population
Oostburg Christian Grade School: 17 students, 14.5 full-time, 14-percent of population
St. John Lutheran School, Plymouth: 22 students, 21 full-time, 14 percent of population
St. Paul Lutheran School, Sheboygan: 19 students, 17.5 full-time, 35-percent of population
Sheboygan Area Lutheran High School: 26 students, 26 full-time, 14-percent of population
Sheboygan Christian School: 27 students, 27 full-time, 24-percent of population
Sheboygan County Christian High School: 9 students, 9 full-time, 9 percent of population
Trinity Lutheran School, Sheboygan: 14 students, 13.5 full-time, 11-percent of population