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Marathon County Education: 101 American Indian students were enrolled in districts 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 101 American Indian students enrolled in Marathon County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 16.1% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Marathon County welcomed 19,115 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.5% of the student body, making them the second least represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the nine districts in Marathon County, Wausau School District recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 47 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Marathon County.

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 Marathon County in 2022-23 School Year
White [74.1%]Asian [13.3%]Ethnicities <5% [6.7%]Hispanic [5.9%]
Enrollment in Marathon County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of American Indian StudentsTotal Enrollment
D C Everest Area School District0.7%6,000
Edgar School District0.3%611
Marathon City School District0.1%753
Mosinee School District0.3%1,983
Stratford School District0.6%806
Wausau School District0.6%7,899

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