Enrollment
133
Elementary
DISTRICT 77 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550972003015
Northwood Elementary
N14463 Highway 53, Minong, WI 54859 · (715) 466-2297 · Washburn County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL133 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
73 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 13 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (17).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Northwood Elementary→Northwood High/Middle
Based on grade levels within Northwood School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
41.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.6pp since 2023
Math
19.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -13.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 19.2% |
| 2023-24 | 46.6% | 32.8% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Northwood Elementary
Northwood Elementary's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwood Elementary this school | 133 | 54.9% | 39.7% |
| Shell Lake Primary (K-2) Shell Lake | 131 | 53.4% | N/A |
| Warrens Elementary Warrens | 133 | 53.4% | 53.0% |
| Shell Lake Elementary (3-6) Shell Lake | 153 | 52.9% | 68.8% |
| Pine River School for Young Learners (PRSYL) Merrill | 124 | 51.6% | N/A |
| School for Agricultural and Environmental Studies Fox Lake | 128 | 51.6% | 59.2% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Northwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Washburn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #759 of 982 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #893 of 992 ▼ 72 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #723 of 992 ▼ 67 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 133 | #1,023 of 1,157 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.9% | #342 of 1,064 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
133
+21 (+19%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 7.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 133 | 13.8 | 9.7:1 | 55% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 158 | 12.9 | 12.2:1 | 58% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 145 | 13.3 | 10.9:1 | 2% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 112 | 15 | 7.5:1 | 43% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 151 | 17.1 | 8.8:1 | 50% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 150 | 15 | 10.0:1 | 68% (102) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (151 to 133); teachers down 19% (17.1 to 13.8).
About Northwood Elementary
Northwood Elementary is a small elementary school serving families in Minong, Wisconsin. Enrollment totals 133 students across pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Wisconsin enroll around 323, and this school is 59% below that mark.
Northwood Elementary is in Northwood School District, a district with 296 students across 4 schools.
At Northwood Elementary, 87% of students are White. The school is also 8% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. The diversity index for Northwood Elementary is 23%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Northwood Elementary comes to 13.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 9.7:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1, 5.1 more students per teacher than here. Northwood Elementary counts 55% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Northwood Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 18% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Northwood Elementary is -4.3 points: 39.7% actual, 44.0% predicted.
For Washburn County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $63,441, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 16 public schools and about 2,097 students.
NorthStar Community Charter School is the nearest public school to Northwood Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Northwood Elementary, there are 3 other public schools. On proficiency, Northwood Elementary is behind the 49.1% nearby average, ranking 6th of 7.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 133, up from 112 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 7.5:1 to 9.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Washburn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,854
Census ACS
Median income
$63,441
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
2,097 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northwood School District
- Northwood High/MiddleHigh · 140 students
- NorthStar Community Charter SchoolElementary · 20 students
- Northwood Virtual Charter SchoolCombined · 3 students
Other schools in Minong
- Northwood High/MiddleHigh · 140 students
- NorthStar Community Charter SchoolElementary · 20 students
- Northwood Virtual Charter SchoolCombined · 3 students
Other Northwood Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 15 states are named Northwood Elementary. Northwood Elementary is the 25th largest of the 25.
- NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCRESTVIEW, FL · 814 students
- Northwood ElementaryEdgewood, WA · 732 students
- NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHILTON, NY · 719 students
- Northwood ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 641 students
- Northwood ElementaryMarysville, OH · 617 students
Nearby schools
- NorthStar Community Charter School0.0 mi · 20
- Northwood High/Middle0.0 mi · 140
- Northwood Virtual Charter School0.0 mi · 3
- Eagles' Wings Public Montessori Charter13.1 mi · 89
- Solon Springs School13.1 mi · 173
- Eagles' Wings Virtual Charter School13.1 mi · 17
Frequently asked questions
About Northwood ElementaryHow large is Northwood Elementary?
Northwood Elementary enrolls approximately 133 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Northwood Elementary serve?
Northwood Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Northwood Elementary?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at Northwood Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Northwood Elementary?
Student demographics at Northwood Elementary are roughly 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 8% Two or more.
Is Northwood Elementary public or private?
Northwood Elementary is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Northwood School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.