Central Wisconsin News

The majority of students in Wood County districts were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 11,625 students attending Wood County district schools, 84.4% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnic group among Wood County's districts, making up 6.2% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Wood County districts, representing 84.8% of the student body.

Marshfield Unified School District and Nekoosa School District had the most diverse student body in the county, which included American Indian, Asian, African American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, multiracial, and white.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped to 1.2% compared to the previous year.

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.

District	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Auburndale School District	White	92	850
Marshfield Unified School District	White	86.4	3,842
Nekoosa School District	White	82.9	1,246
Pittsville School District	White	90.9	562
Port Edwards School District	White	85	447
Wisconsin Rapids School District	White	81	4,678