Northwoods Reporter

There were 7,444 students enrolled in Barron County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.5% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Boys made up 50.8% of the county student body, while the other 44.8% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 86.1% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Barron County schools, followed by 6.1% of Hispanic students, 3.7% of multiracial students and 2.1% of Black students.

Rice Lake High School had the highest enrollment among Barron County’s 36 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 714 students.

Nearly 830,000 students were enrolled in Wisconsin schools in the 2021-22 school year. This is a 0.85% decrease from the year before. In sharp contrast to declining public school figures, enrollment in charter schools rose 4.5% to more than 52,000.

In 2022, there was roughly one teacher for every 14 students in a Wisconsin classroom, compared to the national average of 1:16. AAA State of Play considered Wisconsin to have the 14th best teacher to student ratio in the U.S.

School name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Advanced Learning Academy of Wisconsin	38	35	-7.9%
Barron Area Montessori School	38	44	15.8%
Barron High School	342	316	-7.6%
Cameron Academy of Virtual Education	113	115	1.8%
Cameron Elementary School	415	422	1.7%
Cameron High School	262	276	5.3%
Cameron Middle School	315	330	4.8%
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School	242	243	0.4%
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle School	193	207	7.3%
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary School	477	477	0%
Cumberland Elementary School	349	359	2.9%
Cumberland High School	310	299	-3.5%
Cumberland Middle School	281	276	-1.8%
Haugen Elementary School	91	88	-3.3%
Head Start	37	18	-51.4%
Hilltop Day Care and Preschool	20	22	10%
Hilltop Elementary School	248	262	5.6%
Island City Academy	1	0	-100%
Island City Virtual Academy	48	54	12.5%
Laker Online	10	5	-50%
Link2Learn Virtual Charter School	31	25	-19.4%
New Auburn Elementary School	127	130	2.4%
New Auburn High School	92	96	4.3%
New Auburn Middle School	73	72	-1.4%
North Star Academy	6	8	33.3%
Prairie Farm Elementary School	169	163	-3.6%
Prairie Farm High School	123	125	1.6%
Prairie Farm Middle School	95	90	-5.3%
Rice Lake High School	716	714	-0.3%
Rice Lake Middle School	595	601	1%
Riverview Middle School	301	317	5.3%
Tainter Elementary School	490	481	-1.8%
Turtle Lake Elementary School	220	235	6.8%
Turtle Lake High School	108	119	10.2%
Turtle Lake Middle School	106	103	-2.8%
Woodland Elementary School	325	317	-2.5%