North Woods International School

Set in La Crosse, Wisconsin, North Woods International School is a low-enrollment elementary school, part of La Crosse School District. It works with 255 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% below the state mean of about 323.

La Crosse School District comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 5,717 students; North Woods International School is among them.

On demographics, North Woods International School reports that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 11% Asian, 10% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

On the resource side, On paper, North Woods International School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, La Crosse County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), North Woods International School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.6%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for La Crosse County put median household earnings sit near $73,013, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. North Woods International School is one of 38 public schools in La Crosse County (combined enrollment of about 14,903 students).

The closest other public school is Onalaska Prekindergarten Partner School, roughly 1.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, North Woods International School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 49.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. North Woods International School's enrollment has shrank 30% since 2018, when it stood at 365 (now 255). Black enrollment moved from 4% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.