An equity score of 71/100 ranks Birchwood School District #79 of 403 districts in Wisconsin (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,303 per pupil, Birchwood School District ranks #56 of 423 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending (Wisconsin districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
267
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$18,303
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Birchwood School District operates 6 public schools serving 267 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Wisconsin. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Washburn County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,303 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 423 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending. See how Wisconsin compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 79.6% local, 10.6% state, and 9.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 71/100, ranked #79 of 403 in Wisconsin against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), and 43.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.5% White, 1.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Birchwood Elementary, with a diversity index of 17.4/100.
Its largest campus is Birchwood Elementary, enrolling 86 students (38% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Birchwood Blue Hills Charter School, at 7 students, a 12x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Birchwood Elementary accounts for 32.2% of all Birchwood School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Birchwood School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Birchwood School District school enrollment varies 12× across entities
Birchwood School District school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 86 students (highest), a spread of 79 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Birchwood School District chronic absenteeism rate is 43.8% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.