Northwoods Reporter

There were 436 students enrolled in Turtle Lake School District schools in the 2023-24 school year, 5.6% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 50.1% of them were girls, and 49.9% were boys.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, accounting for 85% of the Turtle Lake School District total enrollment.

Turtle Lake School District covers four schools within Barron County, with its main office in Turtle Lake.

Among the four schools in the Turtle Lake School District, Turtle Lake Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of 214 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
Turtle Lake Elementary School	214
Turtle Lake High School	112
Turtle Lake Middle School	99
Laker Online	11