Northwoods Reporter

There were 267 students enrolled in Birchwood School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 7% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.8% of them were girls, and 47.2% were boys.

Data also shows that most of the students were white, accounting for 90.3% of the Birchwood School District total enrollment.

Birchwood School District covers six schools within Washburn County, with its main office in Birchwood.

Among the six schools in the Birchwood School District, Birchwood Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of 101 students in the 2022-23 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
Birchwood Elementary School	101
Birchwood High School	61
Birchwood Middle School	47
Birchwood Public Montessori	32
Bobcat Virtual Academy	19
Birchwood Blue Hills Charter School	7