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There were 527 Black students enrolled in Washington County schools 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 527 Black students enrolled in Washington County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.2% more 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, Black students comprised 2.8% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 35 schools in Washington County, Germantown High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 69 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 Black students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Addison Elementary School2%454
Allenton Elementary School0.5%447
Amy Belle Elementary School3.9%363
Badger Middle School3.3%851
Central Middle School2.4%552
County Line Elementary School3.6%478
Decorah Elementary School7%372
East High School3.1%965
Erin Elementary School0.3%399
Fair Park Elementary School2.9%350
Farmington Elementary School0.4%264
Friess Lake Elementary School0.7%301
Germantown High School5.3%1,295
Green Tree Elementary School5.5%379
Hartford High School1%1,316
Jackson Elementary School2.2%321
Kennedy Middle School5%898
Kewaskum Elementary School2.5%551
Kewaskum High School0.7%571
Kewaskum Middle School1.7%403
Lincoln Elementary School4.2%506
MacArthur Elementary School9.5%485
McLane Elementary School3.2%380
Richfield Middle School0.6%182
Rockfield Elementary School2.6%384
Rossman Elementary School1.1%459
Silverbrook Intermediate School4.5%718
Slinger Elementary School1.1%624
Slinger High School0.9%1,054
Slinger Middle School0.9%771
Washington Street School40%10
West Bend School District 4K1.8%276
West High School3.3%1,075

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