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Portage County Education: 10 Pacific Islander students were enrolled in schools 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 10 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Portage County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 25% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Portage County welcomed 9,316 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 30 schools in Portage County, Stevens Point Area Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of two 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.

Ethnicities in Portage County in 2022-23 School Year
White [80.8%]Hispanic [8.2%]Ethnicities <5% [5.9%]Asian [5.1%]
Enrollment in Portage County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Pacific Islander students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Amherst Middle School0.4%277
Jefferson Elementary School0.4%271
Madison Elementary School0.3%356
McKinley Center0.3%372
Plover-Whiting Elementary School0.2%462
Point 4 the Future0.2%479
Roosevelt Elementary School0.2%521
Stevens Point Area Senior High School0.1%1,462
Washington Elementary School0.2%469

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