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County / FIPS 55005

Barron County

Wisconsin

Barron County runs 36 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 3 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 2 carry an overall star rating.

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At a glance

Public schools

36schools

Hospitals

3facilities

With a star rating

2facilities

Land area

863sq mi

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Barron County in numbers

American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.

Population

46,797people

1062nd of 3,222

Median household income

$65,933

1552nd of 3,222

Poverty rate

11.0%

1003rd of 3,222

Unemployment rate

2.8%

± 0.7% — wide margin, not ranked

Median home value

$216,600

1232nd of 3,222, tied with 2

Median gross rent

$879

1551st of 3,222, tied with 10

Bachelor's degree or higher

23.2%

1480th of 3,222

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates. Margins of error are the Bureau’s own, at 90% confidence; margins for rates are derived using the Bureau’s published formulas.

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Federal money

Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Barron County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.

Obligations, FY2025

$381.9M

1062nd of 3,233 among counties

Per resident

$8,1762020 population

Change since FY2021

+13%nominal

Fiscal years covered

5years

Federal obligations in Barron County, FY2021–FY2025
$300M$325M$350M$375M$400M
$382M
202120232025
▸ View as table
PeriodObligations
2021$338M
2022$312M
2023$309M
2024$358M
2025$382M

Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Barron County ranks 1062nd of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.

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Hospitals in Barron County

Hospitals in Barron County
HospitalCityCMS rating
Marshfield Medical Center - Rice LakeRice Lake
Mayo Clinic Health System-NorthlandBarron
Cumberland Memorial HospitalCumberlandNot rated
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Public schools in Barron County

Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.

Public schools in Barron County
SchoolDistrictCityEnrollment
Barron HighBarron Area School DistrictBarron316
Cameron Academy of Virtual EducationCameron School DistrictCameron115
Cameron ElementaryCameron School DistrictCameron422
Cameron HighCameron School DistrictCameron276
Cameron MiddleCameron School DistrictCameron330
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser HighChetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School DistrictChetek243
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser MiddleChetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School DistrictChetek207
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn ElementaryChetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School DistrictChetek477
Cumberland ElementaryCumberland School DistrictCumberland359
Cumberland HighCumberland School DistrictCumberland299
Cumberland MiddleCumberland School DistrictCumberland276
Haugen ElementaryRice Lake Area School DistrictHaugen88
Hilltop ElementaryRice Lake Area School DistrictRice Lake262
New Auburn ElementaryNew Auburn School DistrictNew Auburn130
New Auburn HighNew Auburn School DistrictNew Auburn96
New Auburn MiddleNew Auburn School DistrictNew Auburn72
Prairie Farm ElementaryPrairie Farm Public School DistrictPrairie Farm163
Prairie Farm HighPrairie Farm Public School DistrictPrairie Farm125
Prairie Farm MiddlePrairie Farm Public School DistrictPrairie Farm90
Rice Lake HighRice Lake Area School DistrictRice Lake714
Rice Lake MiddleRice Lake Area School DistrictRice Lake601
Riverview MiddleBarron Area School DistrictBarron317
Tainter ElementaryRice Lake Area School DistrictRice Lake481
Turtle Lake ElementaryTurtle Lake School DistrictTurtle Lake235
Turtle Lake HighTurtle Lake School DistrictTurtle Lake119
Turtle Lake MiddleTurtle Lake School DistrictTurtle Lake103
Woodland ElementaryBarron Area School DistrictBarron317
Advanced Learning Academy of WisconsinBarron Area School DistrictBarron35
Barron Area Montessori SchoolBarron Area School DistrictAlmena44
Hilltop Day Care and PreschoolRice Lake Area School DistrictRice Lake22
North Star AcademyCameron School DistrictCameron40
Island City Virtual AcademyCumberland School DistrictCumberland54
Laker OnlineTurtle Lake School DistrictTurtle Lake5
Head StartRice Lake Area School DistrictRice Lake18
Link2learn Virtual Charter SchoolChetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School DistrictChetek25
Island City AcademyCumberland School DistrictCumberland—
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