Laker Online

Located at 205 Oak St N, in Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, Laker Online is a minimally staffed K-12 campus that educates 15 students (grades K through 12), part of Turtle Lake School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 272 students each, so Laker Online sits 94% smaller than that benchmark.

Turtle Lake School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 445 students; Laker Online is among them.

Demographically, Laker Online logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Barron County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Laker Online records 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 28.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 25.6:1 average. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Barron County's rate of about 41%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Barron County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,933, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Barron County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,199 students), of which Laker Online is one.

The closest other public school is Turtle Lake Middle, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Laker Online.

The school occupies a rural site. Laker Online operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools. Instruction is delivered virtually rather than at a physical campus, and enrollment crosses district lines.

Over the past 7-year window. Laker Online's enrollment has rose 1400% since 2018, when it stood at 1 (now 15). White enrollment moved from 100% to 93% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 0.9:1 in 2018 to 28.3:1 in 2025.

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