Northwoods Reporter

Rice Lake High School had the highest enrollment among Barron County schools, welcoming 714 students during the 2022-23 academic year, according to a report from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.6% of them were boys, and 49.4% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, accounting for 88.5% of the Rice Lake High School's total enrollment.

Among the 36 schools in Barron County, Rice Lake Middle School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 601 students, while Tainter Elementary School welcomed 481 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Rice Lake High School is a part of the Rice Lake Area School District, which roughly covers schools within Barron County with its main office in Rice Lake.

In the previous school year, Rice Lake High School also had the highest number of students among Barron County schools.

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, the teacher-to-student ratio was approximately 1:14 in Wisconsin classrooms, 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	City	Total School Enrollment
Rice Lake High School	Rice Lake	714
Rice Lake Middle School	Rice Lake	601
Tainter Elementary School	Rice Lake	481
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary School	Chetek	477
Cameron Elementary School	Cameron	422
Cumberland Elementary School	Cumberland	359
Cameron Middle School	Cameron	330
Woodland Elementary School	Barron	317
Riverview Middle School	Barron	317
Barron High School	Barron	316
Cumberland High School	Cumberland	299
Cumberland Middle School	Cumberland	276
Cameron High School	Cameron	276
Hilltop Elementary School	Rice Lake	262
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School	Chetek	243
Turtle Lake Elementary School	Turtle Lake	235
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle School	Chetek	207
Prairie Farm Elementary School	Prairie Farm	163
New Auburn Elementary School	New Auburn	130
Prairie Farm High School	Prairie Farm	125
Turtle Lake High School	Turtle Lake	119
Cameron Academy of Virtual Education	Cameron	115
Turtle Lake Middle School	Turtle Lake	103
New Auburn High School	New Auburn	96
Prairie Farm Middle School	Prairie Farm	90
Haugen Elementary School	Haugen	88
New Auburn Middle School	New Auburn	72
Island City Virtual Academy	Cumberland	54
Barron Area Montessori School	Almena	44
Advanced Learning Academy of Wisconsin	Barron	35
Link2Learn Virtual Charter School	Chetek	25
Hilltop Day Care and Preschool	Rice Lake	22
Head Start	Rice Lake	18
North Star Academy	Cameron	8
Laker Online	Turtle Lake	5
Island City Academy	Cumberland	0