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Tuesday, December 3, 2024

How many Asian students were enrolled in Washington County 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 447 Asian students enrolled in Washington County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 13.7% more 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, Asian students comprised 2.4% of the student body, making them the third least represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the eight districts in Washington County, Germantown School District recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 240 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 Asian StudentsTotal Enrollment
Germantown School District6.2%3,903
Hartford J1 School District1.5%1,517
Hartford UHS School District1.3%1,316
Holy Hill Area School District2.3%483
Kewaskum School District0.7%1,789
Slinger School District1.5%3,350
West Bend School District1.6%5,736

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