Central Wisconsin News

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

Of the 11,258 students attending Wood County schools, 84.1% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 6.3% of Wood County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Wood County, representing 84.6% of the student body.

Alexander Middle School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 78.3% white students, 12.8% Hispanic students, 5% multiracial students, 2.5% American Indian students, 0.8% Asian students, 0.3% Black students, and 0.3% Pacific Islander students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.1% compared to the previous year.

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