Northwoods Reporter

There were 188 students enrolled in Butternut School District schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.1% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 53.2% of them were girls, and 46.8% were boys.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, accounting for 94.2% of the Butternut School District total enrollment.

Butternut School District covers three schools within Ashland County, with its main office in Butternut.

Among the three schools in the Butternut School District, Butternut High School recorded the highest enrollment of 95 students in the 2023-24 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
Butternut High School	95
Butternut Elementary School	92
Promethean Charter School	1