Regular local school district · Bayfield County
Washburn School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Washburn School District runs 3 public schools with 547 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.2 students per teacher is 1.8 lower than the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 547
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45
- Students per teacher
- 12.2
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 305 W 4th St, Washburn, WI 54891
- Phone
- (715)373-6188
- County
- Bayfield County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5515540
- State district ID
- WI-6027
- Total staff (FTE)
- 83
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 274 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.2
Wisconsin14.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (582), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $9.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.5 million
- State revenue
- $4.0 million
- Local revenue
- $4.2 million
- Total spending
- $10.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,010
- Salaries
- $4.4 million41.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.2%
- State: 41.5%
- Local: 43.3%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,010
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Washburn School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Washburn Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 285 | 13.0 |
| Washburn High | High | 9 to 12 | 182 | 13.0 |
| Washburn Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 80 | 10.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Bayfield County
- Bayfield School District 415 students
- Drummond Area School District 301 students
- South Shore School District 193 students
More in Wisconsin
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.