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There were 478 multiracial students enrolled in Wood County 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 478 multiracial students enrolled in Wood County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 4.6% more 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, multiracial students comprised 4.1% of the student body, making them the third most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the six districts in Wood County, Wisconsin Rapids School District recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 234 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 multiracial StudentsTotal Enrollment
Auburndale School District2.1%850
Marshfield Unified School District3.3%3,842
Nekoosa School District5.1%1,246
Pittsville School District2.1%562
Port Edwards School District5.2%447
Wisconsin Rapids School District5%4,678

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