Washington County News

Among the many ethnicities represented in Washington County schools, white was the most prevalent ethnicity among Washington County students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 18,493 students attending Washington County schools, 84% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 6.6% of Washington County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Washington County, representing 84.7% of the student body.

Addison Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 89% white students, 4% Hispanic students, 3.1% multiracial students, 2% Black students, 1.8% Asian students, and 0.2% American Indian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.2% compared to the previous year.

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	Most Represented ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Addison Elementary School	White	89%	454
Allenton Elementary School	White	93.1%	447
Amy Belle Elementary School	White	84.6%	363
Badger Middle School	White	82.1%	851
Central Middle School	White	78.3%	552
County Line Elementary School	White	79.3%	478
Decorah Elementary School	White	75.3%	372
East High School	White	83.6%	965
Erin Elementary School	White	91.5%	399
Fair Park Elementary School	White	79.4%	350
Farmington Elementary School	White	95.8%	264
Friess Lake Elementary School	White	92.7%	301
Germantown High School	White	80.1%	1,295
Green Tree Elementary School	White	74.1%	379
Hartford High School	White	85.1%	1,316
Jackson Elementary School	White	87.2%	321
Kennedy Middle School	White	79.5%	898
Kewaskum Elementary School	White	91.5%	551
Kewaskum High School	White	91.9%	571
Kewaskum Middle School	White	92.8%	403
Lincoln Elementary School	White	76.5%	506
MacArthur Elementary School	White	67%	485
McLane Elementary School	White	76.6%	380
Richfield Middle School	White	91.8%	182
Rockfield Elementary School	White	82.6%	384
Rolf's Early Childhood Center	White	82.1%	39
Rossman Elementary School	White	81.7%	459
Silverbrook Intermediate School	White	81.1%	718
Slinger Elementary School	White	87%	624
Slinger High School	White	90.9%	1,054
Slinger Middle School	White	90.3%	771
Washington Street School	White	50%	10
West Bend School District 4K	White	78.3%	276
West High School	White	84.5%	1,075