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Wausau School District Education: 572 Hispanic students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

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Wausau School District Superintendent Keith W. Hilts (2023) | Wausau School District

Wausau School District Superintendent Keith W. Hilts (2023) | Wausau School District

There were 572 Hispanic 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, Hispanic students comprised 7.2% of the student body to be the third most 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, West High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 107 students.

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 Wausau School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [63.7%]Asian [19.7%]Hispanic [7.2%]Multiracial [6.5%]Ethnicities <5% [2.9%]
Hispanic Enrollment in Wausau School District During Last 16 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal Hispanic StudentsHispanic %
2022-237,8995727.2%
2021-227,9895807.3%
2020-217,7865306.8%
2019-208,1495496.7%
2018-198,3115456.6%
2017-188,3885116.1%
2016-178,4054635.5%
2015-168,4544245%
2014-158,6284585.3%
2013-148,6634435.1%
2012-138,6234034.7%
2011-128,5743554.1%
2010-118,5463263.8%
2009-108,5222633.1%
2008-098,6812452.8%
2007-088,7802052.3%

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