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Washington County's districts student body comprised mostly of white students in 2023-24 school year

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Holy Hill Area School District Superintendent Tim Onsager (2023) | Holy Hill Area School District

Holy Hill Area School District Superintendent Tim Onsager (2023) | Holy Hill Area School District

The majority of students in Washington County districts were white in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 18,177 students attending Washington County district schools, 83.6% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnic group among Washington County's districts, making up 7% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Washington County districts, representing 84% of the student body.

Germantown School District, Slinger School District and West Bend School District had the most diverse student body in the county, which included American Indian, Asian, African American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, multiracial, and white.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped to 1.7% compared to the previous year.

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 2023-24 School Year

White [83.6%]Hispanic [7%]Ethnicities < 5% [9.4%]

Students' Most Prevalent Ethnicity Percentage in Washington County Districts in 2023-24 School Year

DistrictMost PrevalentPercent of Total Student BodyTotal Enrollment
Erin School DistrictWhite92.4408
Germantown School DistrictWhite78.63,816
Hartford J1 School DistrictWhite78.41,429
Hartford UHS School DistrictWhite84.91,364
Holy Hill Area School DistrictWhite91.8476
Kewaskum School DistrictWhite91.91,822
Slinger School DistrictWhite89.63,271
West Bend School DistrictWhite80.45,591

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