There were 9,468 white students enrolled in Wood County schools in 2022-23 school year

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

By Central Wisconsin News

Nov 23, 2023

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

Enrollment in Wood County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of white students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Alexander Middle School	78.3%	359
Auburndale Elementary School	91.4%	419
Auburndale High School	92.7%	410
Central Oaks Academy	91.4%	116
Central Wisconsin STEM Academy	90.9%	22
Grant Elementary School	86.6%	604
Grove Elementary School	65.5%	197
Howe Elementary School	76.9%	338
Humke Elementary School	79.4%	339
John Edwards High School	90.8%	131
John Edwards Middle School	88%	100
Lincoln Elementary School	87.6%	275
Lincoln High School	83.3%	1,380
Madison Elementary School	83.3%	282
Marshfield High School	85.8%	1,242
Marshfield K4	88.7%	195
Marshfield Middle School	85.3%	563
Mead Elementary School	64.9%	296
Nasonville Elementary School	92%	289
Nekoosa Academy	86.4%	22
Nekoosa High School	80.3%	295
Pittsville Elementary School	89.8%	383
Pittsville High School	93.5%	169
Port Edwards Education Heuer Elementary School	80.1%	216
River Cities High School	72.1%	86
THINK Academy-Together Helping INspire Kids	94.7%	208
WISE Academy	99%	209
WRPS Four-year-old Kindergarten and PK Early Childhood	79.4%	233
Washington Elementary School	83.1%	314
Washington Elementary School	80.9%	314
Wisconsin Rapids Area Middle School	78.5%	924
Woodside Elementary School	86.8%	349