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Schools in Birchwood

Birchwood’s public schools

Birchwood School District and Spooner Area School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Birchwood. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/6schools above Wisconsin’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 92% of students in Wisconsin’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
27%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.1K
▼ 2% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024 · Spooner Area
Students per teacher
11.4
WI 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,181 students on the public path
In brief

Birchwood’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Birchwood’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s 1,899 public schools. Birchwood Elementary places highest (better than 57%); Birchwood High lowest (22%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Birchwood, graded from B− to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Spooner High and Birchwood High. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Birchwood, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB− to B
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC to C+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Birchwood School District.

Two districts serve Birchwood

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Birchwood School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 5 schools · 217 students, down 22% since 2020–21 · 7.1 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$22,819WI $16,459 · FY2024
C−
Spooner Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,000 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 13.1 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$16,122WI $16,459 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Birchwood School District32%
State average 38.1% · 125 students tested
Math · PK–12, Birchwood School District27%
State average 38.7% · 125 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Spooner Area School District38%
State average 38.1% · 495 students tested
Math · PK–12, Spooner Area School District33%
State average 38.7% · 495 students tested

Birchwood vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Wisconsin towns that share Birchwood’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Birchwood—Birchwood PK–12 · Spooner Area PK–12
Cedar LakeBRice Lake Area PK–12 · Birchwood PK–12
Edgewater—Birchwood
Birchwood (village)—Birchwood
Stone Lake—Spooner Area PK–12 · Hayward PK–12
Long Lake—Rice Lake Area
Sand Lake—Hayward PK–12 · Birchwood PK–12
Madge—Spooner Area

4 of the 7 neighbors share Birchwood with Birchwood for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Birchwood

6 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Wisconsin’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Birchwoodin other towns
Spooner Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Spooner
B−
363 students13:1Rate it →
Birchwood Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5
B
86 students8:1Rate it →
Spooner Middle
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Spooner
C+
276 students11:1Rate it →
Birchwood Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8
C
36 students6:1Rate it →
Spooner High
High · Grades 9–12 · Spooner
C+
361 students14:1Rate it →
Birchwood High
High · Grades 9–12
C−
59 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Birchwood’s schools

Are Birchwood’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Birchwood. Birchwood School District and Spooner Area School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Birchwood. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Birchwood in?

Birchwood School District and Spooner Area School District.

Where do Birchwood kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Spooner High and Birchwood High.

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What Birchwood families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.