Central Wisconsin News

There were 9,309 white students enrolled in Wood County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Wood County schools welcomed 11,084 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 84% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 32 schools in Wood County, Lincoln High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,142 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.

These achievement gaps are also reflected in graduation rates. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Meanwhile, 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.

School name	% of white students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Alexander Middle School	78.4%	333
Auburndale Elementary School	92%	423
Auburndale High School	93%	398
Central Oaks Academy	86.6%	97
Central Wisconsin STEM Academy	100%	32
Grant Elementary School	86%	584
Grove Elementary School	62.1%	198
Howe Elementary School	78.7%	329
Humke Elementary School	83.6%	335
John Edwards High School	89%	145
John Edwards Middle School	85.3%	102
Lincoln Elementary School	87.1%	278
Lincoln High School	82.8%	1,380
Madison Elementary School	86.9%	274
Marshfield High School	85.3%	1,244
Marshfield K4	89%	173
Marshfield Middle School	86%	555
Mead Elementary School	67%	294
Nasonville Elementary School	94.3%	262
Nekoosa Academy	82.8%	29
Nekoosa High School	78.5%	279
Pittsville Elementary School	90.9%	364
Pittsville High School	90.9%	176
Port Edwards Education Heuer Elementary School	78.7%	197
River Cities High School	72.4%	76
THINK Academy-Together Helping INspire Kids	92.2%	206
WISE Academy	96.8%	218
WRPS Four-year-old Kindergarten and PK Early Childhood	79.7%	241
Washington Elementary School	84.3%	312
Washington Elementary School	77.4%	312
Wisconsin Rapids Area Middle School	78.2%	912
Woodside Elementary School	85.6%	341