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Wood County Education: 471 multiracial 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 471 multiracial students enrolled in Wood County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.6% more 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, multiracial students comprised 4.2% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 32 schools in Wood County, Lincoln High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 50 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 multiracial students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Alexander Middle School5%359
Auburndale Elementary School2.2%419
Auburndale High School2.2%410
Central Oaks Academy3.5%116
Central Wisconsin STEM Academy4.6%22
Grant Elementary School2.8%604
Grove Elementary School10.2%197
Howe Elementary School5.9%338
Humke Elementary School6.8%339
John Edwards High School1.5%131
John Edwards Middle School3%100
Lincoln Elementary School3.6%275
Lincoln High School3.6%1,380
Madison Elementary School3.9%282
Marshfield High School2.8%1,242
Marshfield K44.1%195
Marshfield Middle School3.4%563
Mead Elementary School12.8%296
Nasonville Elementary School1.4%289
Nekoosa High School7.1%295
Pittsville Elementary School2.4%383
Pittsville High School1.2%169
Port Edwards Education Heuer Elementary School8.3%216
River Cities High School5.8%86
THINK Academy-Together Helping INspire Kids1.4%208
WRPS Four-year-old Kindergarten and PK Early Childhood6%233
Washington Elementary School7.6%314
Washington Elementary School5.8%314
Wisconsin Rapids Area Middle School4.9%924
Woodside Elementary School3.4%349

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