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Washington County Education: 15,192 white students were enrolled in schools in 2023-24 school year

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Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Wikipedia

Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Wikipedia

There were 15,192 white students enrolled in Washington County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.2% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Washington County schools welcomed 18,177 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 83.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 35 schools in Washington County, Hartford High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,158 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.

These achievement gaps are also reflected in graduation rates. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Meanwhile, graduation rates for Black and multiracial students lagged behind white students by 10%. Even further behind, only 71.6% of Hispanic students completed their high school education during the same period, one of the lowest graduation rates in the state.

Ethnicities in Washington County in 2023-24 School Year
White [83.6%]Ethnicities <5% [9.4%]Hispanic [7%]
Enrollment in Washington County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of white students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Addison Elementary School88.1%428
Allenton Elementary School92%448
Amy Belle Elementary School85.3%354
Badger Middle School80.1%782
Central Middle School79.4%504
County Line Elementary School80%479
Decorah Elementary School72.8%367
East High School83.3%914
Erin Elementary School92.4%408
Fair Park Elementary School78.3%354
Farmington Elementary School96.3%271
Friess Lake Elementary School91.1%292
Germantown High School80.8%1,290
Green Tree Elementary School68.6%354
Hartford High School84.9%1,364
Jackson Elementary School88.5%312
Kennedy Middle School77.3%867
Kewaskum Elementary School88.8%528
Kewaskum High School91.6%594
Kewaskum Middle School93.2%429
Lincoln Elementary School74.4%469
MacArthur Elementary School67.2%484
McLane Elementary School77.8%351
Richfield Middle School92.9%184
Rockfield Elementary School81%342
Rolf's Early Childhood Center75%40
Rossman Elementary School81.4%456
Silverbrook Intermediate School80.7%716
Slinger Elementary School87.8%598
Slinger High School90.3%1,044
Slinger Middle School89.6%753
Washington Street School41.7%12
West Bend School District 4K79.1%316
West High School84.7%1,073

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