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Enrollment Analysis: Black students comprised 1.6% of Marathon County's student body 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 307 Black students enrolled in Marathon County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.2% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Marathon County welcomed 19,039 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 1.6% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 51 schools in Marathon County, East High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 35 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 Marathon County in 2022-23 School Year
White [74%]Asian [13.4%]Ethnicities <5% [6.7%]Hispanic [5.9%]
Enrollment in Marathon County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Black students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
D. C. Everest 4K Community Partnership1.6%321
D. C. Everest High School2.1%1,311
D. C. Everest Idea School1.5%65
D. C. Everest Junior High School1.6%872
D. C. Everest Middle School1.4%833
East High School3.9%902
Edgar Elementary School0.8%268
Edgar Middle School0.7%135
Enrich Excel Achieve Learning Academy1.7%59
Everest Virtual Academy1.9%53
Evergreen Elementary School1.4%445
Franklin Elementary School2.5%202
G. D. Jones Elementary School2%539
Grant Elementary School2.8%181
Hatley Elementary School0.8%123
Hawthorn Hills Elementary School5.6%232
Horace Mann Middle School3.5%683
John Marshall Elementary School3.6%225
John Muir Middle School2.5%1,006
Lincoln Elementary School3.4%209
Marathon Venture Academy0.6%156
Mosinee Elementary School0.9%650
Mosinee High School1.3%603
Mosinee Middle School0.4%687
Mountain Bay Elementary School1.7%480
Odyssey Elementary School1.4%72
Rib Mountain Elementary School1.5%206
Riverview Elementary School1.5%480
Rothschild Elementary School2.5%403
South Mountain Elementary School0.4%233
Spencer Elementary School0.8%245
Spencer Junior High/High School1.1%360
Stettin Elementary School0.6%329
Stratford High School0.4%268
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School2.1%384
Wausau Area Virtual Education4%151
West High School1.2%1,446
Weston Elementary School2.6%532

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