📍 500 E James Ave, Grantsburg, Burnett County, 54840
IForward is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Grantsburg, Burnett County. The school has 896 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Grantsburg School District school district. It serves grades K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 50.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1. It operates as a public charter school. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 87%. The school offers 25 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
IForward enrolls 896 students across grades K–12. The student body is 38% male and 62% female. A teaching staff of 50.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% White, 8.9% Hispanic or Latino and 6.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 685 | 76% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 80 | 8.9% |
| Black or African American | 62 | 6.9% |
| Two or more races | 42 | 4.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 19 | 2.1% |
| Asian | 8 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
509 of the school's 896 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 321 qualify for free lunch and 188 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
IForward is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). It operates as a public charter school and a fully virtual school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WI-70, state senate district 10, state house district 28.
IForward is one of 5 schools in Grantsburg School District, based in Grantsburg, Wisconsin. The district serves 1,831 students district-wide and employs 114 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 896 students, IForward is larger than the district average of about 366 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote