Solon Springs School District
The Solon Springs School District enrolled about 302 students in 2024-2025 in southern Douglas County. Its structure is the most distinctive of any district in this guide: one PK-12 building holding 173 students, plus three charter programs the district runs itself, including a public Montessori charter that enrolls roughly a third of the district. For a village this size, that is an unusual amount of choice.
About Solon Springs schools
Solon Springs sits down US 53 at the head of the St. Croix, a genuine drive from the Twin Ports. The district reported 32 teacher FTE against 302 students, a student-teacher ratio of about 9.4 to 1 (NCES Common Core of Data, accessed 2026-08-14). That is the lowest ratio in this guide by a distance, but read it carefully: staffing thirteen grade levels plus three separate charter programs takes a certain minimum number of adults regardless of how few students enroll. It is arithmetic, not a small-class policy.
What is genuinely notable is the charter mix. Most rural districts this size offer one path. Solon Springs offers four, and they are meaningfully different from one another rather than variations on a theme.
Schools in the district
Solon Springs School is the main building, preschool through grade 12, with 173 students.
Eagles' Wings Public Montessori Charter runs preschool through grade 6 with 89 students. Eagles Academy serves grades 6 to 12 with 23. Eagles' Wings Virtual Charter School runs preschool through grade 12 online with 17.
None of these has a standalone page in this guide yet; enrollment and grade spans come from the federal directory.
Enrollment & performance
At about 302 students the district is almost exactly the size of Carlton ISD 93 across in Minnesota, and both are among the smallest in this guide. The main building's 173 students across thirteen grades means graduating classes in the low teens.
Wisconsin reports accountability through the Department of Public Instruction and its WISEdash portal. At this enrollment expect some measures to be suppressed for student privacy, which is worth knowing before you go looking for numbers that will not be there. Wisconsin and Minnesota systems are not comparable to each other, so do not try to rank this district against a Minnesota one on state figures.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-2025 release (LEA 5513980), accessed 2026-08-14 (2024-2025).
Attendance boundaries
There is no conventional internal boundary, since there is one attendance-area building. The real choice inside the district is between the main school and the charter programs, and that is an enrollment decision rather than an address one. Ask the district how placement in the Montessori charter works, because it does not follow attendance-area rules.
The district edge matters more. Lake Nebagamon and Poplar are in the Maple School District, not this one, and the City of Superior has its own. Confirm the district for a specific parcel with the office at 8993 East Baldwin Avenue, (715) 378-2263. This guide has not been able to confirm a current district website, so call rather than relying on a search result.
Neighborhoods this district serves
Solon Springs is the one community in this guide inside the district, and it is a short profile rather than a full guide. Buyers weighing southern Douglas County usually compare it with Lake Nebagamon, which is closer to Superior and in the Maple district, and with the City of Superior itself for anyone who needs a commute rather than a retreat.
Common questions about Solon Springs schools
How many schools does Solon Springs have?
One attendance-area building, Solon Springs School, running preschool through grade 12 with 173 students. The district also operates three charter programs in the same community: a public Montessori charter for PK-6 with 89 students, a secondary academy for grades 6 to 12 with 23, and a virtual charter with 17. Total district enrollment is about 302.
A public Montessori school in a village this size?
Yes, and it is genuinely unusual. Eagles' Wings Public Montessori Charter enrolls 89 students, roughly a third of the district, which means a meaningful share of local families have chosen a distinctly different model without leaving the district. If Montessori matters to you, this is one of very few places in the region where it is available as a public option rather than a private one.
What does a PK-12 single building mean day to day?
It means a five-year-old and a senior are under one roof, and one cohort moves through together from start to finish. At 173 students in the main building, a graduating class is very small. That brings real access, since it is difficult for a student to go unnoticed, and real limits on how deep an in-house course catalog can be. Ask the district directly how it handles advanced and specialized coursework.
Is Solon Springs in the same district as Lake Nebagamon?
No. Lake Nebagamon and Poplar are in the Maple School District. Solon Springs runs its own. Douglas County is split across at least three districts and the lines do not follow the pattern a map suggests, so confirm the district for a specific parcel before making an offer.