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Washington County Education: 57 American Indian students were enrolled in districts 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 57 American Indian students enrolled in Washington County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 5% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Washington County welcomed 18,493 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.3% of the student body, making them the second least represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the eight districts in Washington County, West Bend School District recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 27 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Washington County.

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 Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of American Indian StudentsTotal Enrollment
Germantown School District0.2%3,903
Hartford J1 School District0.3%1,517
Hartford UHS School District0.1%1,316
Kewaskum School District0.4%1,789
Slinger School District0.3%3,350
West Bend School District0.5%5,736

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