Central Wisconsin News

There were 157 Black students enrolled in Wood County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.9% 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, Black students comprised 1.4% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 32 schools in Wood County, Lincoln High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 30 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.

School name	% of Black students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Alexander Middle School	0.3%	359
Auburndale Elementary School	0.7%	419
Central Oaks Academy	2.6%	116
Grant Elementary School	2.2%	604
Grove Elementary School	3.6%	197
Howe Elementary School	2.4%	338
Humke Elementary School	1.8%	339
John Edwards High School	2.3%	131
John Edwards Middle School	2%	100
Lincoln High School	2.2%	1,380
Marshfield High School	1.3%	1,242
Marshfield K4	0.5%	195
Marshfield Middle School	1.1%	563
Mead Elementary School	2.7%	296
Nasonville Elementary School	2.4%	289
Pittsville Elementary School	0.3%	383
Port Edwards Education Heuer Elementary School	0.9%	216
River Cities High School	7%	86
THINK Academy-Together Helping INspire Kids	0.5%	208
WISE Academy	0.5%	209
WRPS Four-year-old Kindergarten and PK Early Childhood	0.9%	233
Washington Elementary School	1.9%	314
Washington Elementary School	0.7%	314
Wisconsin Rapids Area Middle School	1.8%	924
Woodside Elementary School	1.4%	349