Central Wisconsin News

Among the many ethnicities represented in Portage County schools, white was the most prevalent ethnicity among Portage County students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 9,316 students attending Portage County schools, 80.8% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 8.2% of Portage County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Portage County, representing 81.2% of the student body.

Almond-Bancroft Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 76.9% white students, 20.4% Hispanic students, 1.6% multiracial students, and 1.1% Asian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county slightly decreased compared to the previous year.

White students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnic group in Wisconsin. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Graduation rates for Black and multiracial students lagged behind white students by 10%.

Even further behind, only 71.6% of Hispanic students completed their high school education during the same period, one of the lowest graduation rates in the state.

School name	Most Represented ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Almond-Bancroft Elementary School	White	76.9%	186
Almond-Bancroft High School	White	73.6%	110
Almond-Bancroft Middle School	White	68.8%	80
Amherst Elementary School	White	93.9%	345
Amherst High School	White	94.1%	341
Amherst Middle School	White	94.6%	277
Bannach Elementary School	White	82.8%	384
Benjamin Franklin Junior High School	White	75.3%	811
Charles F. Fernandez Center Alternative Learning	White	79%	76
Grant Elementary School	White	94.2%	258
Jefferson Elementary School	White	74.5%	271
Juvenile Detention	White	60%	5
Kennedy Elementary School	White	85.1%	168
Madison Elementary School	White	72.5%	356
McDill Elementary School	White	79.9%	318
McKinley Center	White	67.5%	372
P. J. Jacobs Junior High School	White	79.1%	661
Plover-Whiting Elementary School	White	72.3%	462
Point 4 the Future	White	80.6%	479
Point of Discovery School	White	88.7%	142
Preschool Options	White	97.1%	34
Roosevelt Elementary School	White	70.8%	521
Rosholt Elementary School	White	95.5%	246
Rosholt High School	White	95.8%	166
Rosholt Middle School	White	96.8%	62
Stevens Point Area Senior High School	White	79.2%	1,462
Tomorrow River Community Charter School	White	91.3%	115
Tomorrow River Community Middle (TRCMS)	White	91.7%	72
Tomorrow River Virtual Charter School (TRVCS)	White	98.5%	67
Washington Elementary School	White	79.7%	469