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Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 84.4% of Wood County's student body 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 9,814 white students enrolled in Wood County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Wood County welcomed 11,625 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 84.4% of the student body, making them the most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the six districts in Wood County, Wisconsin Rapids School District recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 3,789 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Wood 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 Wood County in 2022-23 School Year
White [84.4%]Ethnicities <5% [9.4%]Hispanic [6.2%]
Enrollment in Wood County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of white StudentsTotal Enrollment
Auburndale School District92%850
Marshfield Unified School District86.4%3,842
Nekoosa School District82.9%1,246
Pittsville School District90.9%562
Port Edwards School District85%447
Wisconsin Rapids School District81%4,678

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