Northwoods Reporter

There were 636 students enrolled in Shell Lake School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.3% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52% of them were boys, and 48% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, accounting for 89.3% of the Shell Lake School District total enrollment.

Shell Lake School District covers three schools within Washburn County, with its main office in Shell Lake.

Among the three schools in the Shell Lake School District, Shell Lake Junior/Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of 311 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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	Total Enrollment
Shell Lake Junior/Senior High School	311
Shell Lake Elementary (3-6)	178
Shell Lake Primary (K-2)	147