Northland Pines Middle and High School

Northland Pines Middle and High School operates as a medium-sized high school in Eagle River, Wisconsin, overseen by Northland Pines School District. Current enrollment sits at 543 students spanning grades 7 through 12.

Within Northland Pines School District, which oversees 8 schools and 1,512 students, Northland Pines Middle and High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Northland Pines Middle and High School shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Northland Pines Middle and High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Vilas County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Northland Pines Middle and High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.2%.

In the broader community, census data for Vilas County shows median household earnings sit near $68,431, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Vilas County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,771 students), Northland Pines Middle and High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Northland Pines Elementary-Eagle River, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Northland Pines Middle and High School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Northland Pines Middle and High School's enrollment has increased 40% since 2018, when it stood at 389 (now 543).

In the discussion threads here, members of the Northland Pines Middle and High School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.