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Washington County Education: 1,269 Hispanic students were enrolled in schools in 2023-24 school year

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Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Oficial website

Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Oficial website

There were 1,269 Hispanic students enrolled in Washington County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.3% more 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, Hispanic students comprised 7% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 35 schools in Washington County, Hartford High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 125 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 Hispanic students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Addison Elementary School4.4%428
Allenton Elementary School3.8%448
Amy Belle Elementary School5.7%354
Badger Middle School8.3%782
Central Middle School13.3%504
County Line Elementary School5.4%479
Decorah Elementary School10.6%367
East High School8.5%914
Erin Elementary School4.7%408
Fair Park Elementary School10.5%354
Farmington Elementary School2.6%271
Friess Lake Elementary School1.4%292
Germantown High School3.6%1,290
Green Tree Elementary School13.3%354
Hartford High School9.2%1,364
Jackson Elementary School4.2%312
Kennedy Middle School5.8%867
Kewaskum Elementary School3.4%528
Kewaskum High School5.1%594
Kewaskum Middle School2.6%429
Lincoln Elementary School16.6%469
MacArthur Elementary School6.8%484
McLane Elementary School12.3%351
Richfield Middle School1.1%184
Rockfield Elementary School3.5%342
Rolf's Early Childhood Center15%40
Rossman Elementary School10.5%456
Silverbrook Intermediate School8.1%716
Slinger Elementary School6.4%598
Slinger High School5.4%1,044
Slinger Middle School5.4%753
Washington Street School8.3%12
West Bend School District 4K10.1%316
West High School7.7%1,073

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