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How many American Indian students were enrolled in Washington County schools in 2023-24 school year?

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Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

There were 52 American Indian students enrolled in Washington County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 8.8% 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, American Indian students comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 35 schools in Washington County, Kewaskum Elementary School and West High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2023-24 school year, with five 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 American Indian students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Addison Elementary School0.2%428
Badger Middle School0.5%782
Central Middle School0.2%504
Decorah Elementary School0.3%367
East High School0.2%914
Fair Park Elementary School0.9%354
Farmington Elementary School0.4%271
Germantown High School0.1%1,290
Green Tree Elementary School0.6%354
Hartford High School0.2%1,364
Kennedy Middle School0.4%867
Kewaskum Elementary School1%528
Kewaskum High School0.2%594
Lincoln Elementary School0.2%469
MacArthur Elementary School0.2%484
McLane Elementary School0.9%351
Rossman Elementary School0.7%456
Silverbrook Intermediate School0.1%716
Slinger Elementary School0.2%598
Slinger High School0.1%1,044
Slinger Middle School0.5%753
Washington Street School8.3%12
West Bend School District 4K1%316
West High School0.5%1,073

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