Northwoods Reporter

The majority of students in Washburn County districts were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 2,231 students attending Washburn County district schools, 89.2% were white. Multiracial students were the second largest ethnic group among Washburn County's districts, making up 5.1% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Washburn County districts, representing 88.2% of the student body.

Shell Lake School District and Spooner Area School District had the most diverse student body in the county, which included American Indian, Asian, African American, Hispanic, multiracial, and white.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped to 2.6% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Washburn County.

According to the Nation's Report Card 2022 results, Black fourth-graders in Wisconsin scored an average of 40 points lower than their white colleagues in both Math and Reading.

Data also showed that Black students were three times as likely to fail the Reading test than white pupils in the state. The gap is even larger in Mathematics, with Black students failing five times more than white students.

District	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Birchwood School District	White	90.3	267
Northwood School District	White	86.3	313
Shell Lake School District	White	89.3	636
Spooner Area School District	White	89.7	1,015