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There were 9,468 white students enrolled in Wood County 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 9,468 white students enrolled in Wood County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Wood County welcomed 11,258 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 84.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 32 schools in Wood County, Lincoln High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,150 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 Wood County in 2022-23 School Year
White [84.1%]Ethnicities <5% [9.6%]Hispanic [6.3%]
Enrollment in Wood County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of white students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Alexander Middle School78.3%359
Auburndale Elementary School91.4%419
Auburndale High School92.7%410
Central Oaks Academy91.4%116
Central Wisconsin STEM Academy90.9%22
Grant Elementary School86.6%604
Grove Elementary School65.5%197
Howe Elementary School76.9%338
Humke Elementary School79.4%339
John Edwards High School90.8%131
John Edwards Middle School88%100
Lincoln Elementary School87.6%275
Lincoln High School83.3%1,380
Madison Elementary School83.3%282
Marshfield High School85.8%1,242
Marshfield K488.7%195
Marshfield Middle School85.3%563
Mead Elementary School64.9%296
Nasonville Elementary School92%289
Nekoosa Academy86.4%22
Nekoosa High School80.3%295
Pittsville Elementary School89.8%383
Pittsville High School93.5%169
Port Edwards Education Heuer Elementary School80.1%216
River Cities High School72.1%86
THINK Academy-Together Helping INspire Kids94.7%208
WISE Academy99%209
WRPS Four-year-old Kindergarten and PK Early Childhood79.4%233
Washington Elementary School83.1%314
Washington Elementary School80.9%314
Wisconsin Rapids Area Middle School78.5%924
Woodside Elementary School86.8%349

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