Washington County News

There were six Pacific Islander students enrolled in Washington County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 20% 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, Pacific Islander students comprised 0% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 35 schools in Washington County, Allenton Elementary School, MacArthur Elementary School, Rockfield Elementary School, Rossman Elementary School, West Bend School District 4K, and West High School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of one 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.

School name	% of Pacific Islander students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Allenton Elementary School	0.2%	447
MacArthur Elementary School	0.2%	485
Rockfield Elementary School	0.3%	384
Rossman Elementary School	0.2%	459
West Bend School District 4K	0.4%	276
West High School	0.1%	1,075