About Shell Lake School District
Shell Lake School District is a public school system serving Washburn County, Wisconsin, based in Shell Lake. It serves 584 students across 3 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: remote district. By enrollment it is the #283 largest of Wisconsin’s 448 school systems.
Size and structure
Shell Lake School District enrolls 584 students in 3 schools — an average of about 195 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #283 of 448 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Shell Lake School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (584 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Shell Lake School District employs about 52 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2:1 — below the Wisconsin average of about 13.6:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 104.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Wisconsin funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Shell Lake School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Wisconsin rates schools and districts on the Wisconsin School & District Report Cards, scoring a 0–100 index across Achievement, Growth, Target Group Outcomes and On-Track to Graduation into five ratings from Significantly Exceeds to Fails to Meet Expectations. Look up Shell Lake School District on the Wisconsin Report Cards.
Accreditation status
Wisconsin does not require accreditation of its public districts; the Department of Public Instruction oversees them directly, and accreditation through Cognia is voluntary. Look up Shell Lake School District in the free Cognia registry.
Shell Lake School District vs. Wisconsin
See every Wisconsin district side by side in the Wisconsin directory.
Look up Shell Lake School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):