Northwoods Reporter

There were 998 students enrolled in Spooner Area School District schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 51.6% of them were boys, and 48.4% were girls.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, accounting for 90% of the Spooner Area School District total enrollment.

Spooner Area School District covers three schools within Washburn County, with its main office in Spooner.

Among the three schools in the Spooner Area School District, Spooner High School recorded the highest enrollment of 374 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
Spooner High School	374
Spooner Elementary School	366
Spooner Middle School	258