Central Wisconsin News

There were 179 Black students enrolled in Wausau School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 7,899 students were enrolled in the Wausau School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 2.3% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.

Wausau School District roughly covers 23 schools within Marathon County and has a main office in Wausau.

Among the 23 schools in Wausau School District, East High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 35 students.

In Wisconsin, white students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnicity. 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total Black Students	Black %
2022-23	7,899	179	2.3%
2021-22	7,989	189	2.4%
2020-21	7,786	173	2.2%
2019-20	8,149	176	2.2%
2018-19	8,311	193	2.3%
2017-18	8,388	186	2.2%
2016-17	8,405	205	2.4%
2015-16	8,454	194	2.3%
2014-15	8,628	222	2.6%
2013-14	8,663	213	2.5%
2012-13	8,623	166	1.9%
2011-12	8,574	176	2.1%
2010-11	8,546	171	2%
2009-10	8,522	244	2.9%
2008-09	8,681	219	2.5%
2007-08	8,780	202	2.3%