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There were 1,228 Hispanic students 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 1,228 Hispanic students enrolled in Washington County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 0.6% 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, Hispanic students comprised 6.6% of the student body, making them the second most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the eight districts in Washington County, West Bend School District recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 473 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 Hispanic StudentsTotal Enrollment
Erin School District5.5%399
Germantown School District4.9%3,903
Hartford J1 School District13.3%1,517
Hartford UHS School District8.9%1,316
Holy Hill Area School District1.5%483
Kewaskum School District3.2%1,789
Slinger School District4.8%3,350
West Bend School District8.3%5,736

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