Northwoods Reporter

There were 568 white students enrolled in Shell Lake School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 636 students were enrolled in the Shell Lake School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 89.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Shell Lake School District roughly covers three schools within Washburn County and has a main office in Shell Lake.

Among the three schools in Shell Lake School District, Shell Lake Junior/Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 276 students.

In Wisconsin, white students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnicity. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Graduation rates for Black and multiracial students lagged behind white students by 10%.

Even further behind, only 71.6% of Hispanic students completed their high school education during the same period, one of the lowest graduation rates in the state.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total white Students	white %
2022-23	636	568	89.3%
2021-22	634	559	88.2%
2020-21	584	513	87.8%
2019-20	683	599	87.7%
2018-19	685	609	88.9%
2017-18	698	624	89.4%
2016-17	657	591	9~0%
2015-16	691	618	89.4%
2014-15	674	611	90.7%
2013-14	668	611	91.5%
2012-13	662	599	90.5%
2011-12	668	601	9~0%
2010-11	674	603	89.5%
2009-10	652	601	92.2%
2008-09	638	599	93.9%
2007-08	624	586	93.9%