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Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 84% of Washington County's student body in 2022-23 school year

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WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

There were 15,536 white students enrolled in Washington County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Washington County welcomed 18,493 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 84% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 35 schools in Washington County, Hartford High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,120 students.

According to the Nation’s Report Card 2022 results, Black fourth-graders in Wisconsin scored an average of 40 points lower than their white colleagues in both Math and Reading.

Data also showed that Black students were three times as likely to fail the Reading test than white pupils in the state. The gap is even larger in Mathematics, with Black students failing five times more than white students.

Ethnicities in Washington County in 2022-23 School Year
White [84%]Ethnicities <5% [9.4%]Hispanic [6.6%]
Enrollment in Washington County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of white students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Addison Elementary School89%454
Allenton Elementary School93.1%447
Amy Belle Elementary School84.6%363
Badger Middle School82.1%851
Central Middle School78.3%552
County Line Elementary School79.3%478
Decorah Elementary School75.3%372
East High School83.6%965
Erin Elementary School91.5%399
Fair Park Elementary School79.4%350
Farmington Elementary School95.8%264
Friess Lake Elementary School92.7%301
Germantown High School80.1%1,295
Green Tree Elementary School74.1%379
Hartford High School85.1%1,316
Jackson Elementary School87.2%321
Kennedy Middle School79.5%898
Kewaskum Elementary School91.5%551
Kewaskum High School91.9%571
Kewaskum Middle School92.8%403
Lincoln Elementary School76.5%506
MacArthur Elementary School67%485
McLane Elementary School76.6%380
Richfield Middle School91.8%182
Rockfield Elementary School82.6%384
Rolf's Early Childhood Center82.1%39
Rossman Elementary School81.7%459
Silverbrook Intermediate School81.1%718
Slinger Elementary School87%624
Slinger High School90.9%1,054
Slinger Middle School90.3%771
Washington Street School50%10
West Bend School District 4K78.3%276
West High School84.5%1,075

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