Northwood Elementary

Northwood Elementary operates as an intimate elementary-level community in Minong, Wisconsin, part of Northwood School District. Current enrollment sits at 133 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Northwood Elementary sits 59% smaller than that benchmark.

Northwood Elementary is one of 4 schools operated by Northwood School District, a district that instructs 296 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Northwood Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%); the rest consists of 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Northwood Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 55% of students at Northwood Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Northwood Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.0%, the actual is 39.7%, a residual of -4.3 points.

Around the school, census data for Washburn County shows median household income runs about $63,441, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Washburn County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,097 students), of which Northwood Elementary is one.

Northwood Virtual Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northwood Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 49.1%.

The school occupies a low-density site. As a public charter, Northwood Elementary runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Northwood Elementary's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 151 (now 133).

Inside the community feed, members of the Northwood Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.