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Enrollment Analysis: American Indian students comprised 1.1% of Wood County's student body in 2023-24 school year

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Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

There were 118 American Indian students enrolled in Wood County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.8% 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, American Indian students comprised 1.1% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 32 schools in Wood County, Alexander Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 17 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.

Ethnicities in Wood County in 2023-24 School Year
White [84%]Ethnicities <5% [9.2%]Hispanic [6.8%]
Enrollment in Wood County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of American Indian students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Alexander Middle School5.1%333
Auburndale Elementary School0.2%423
Central Oaks Academy2.1%97
Grant Elementary School0.3%584
Grove Elementary School0.5%198
Humke Elementary School3.9%335
John Edwards High School2.8%145
John Edwards Middle School4.9%102
Lincoln Elementary School0.4%278
Lincoln High School1%1,380
Marshfield High School0.5%1,244
Mead Elementary School1.4%294
Nekoosa Academy10.3%29
Nekoosa High School3.6%279
Pittsville Elementary School0.6%364
Pittsville High School1.1%176
Port Edwards Education Heuer Elementary School3.6%197
River Cities High School4%76
THINK Academy-Together Helping INspire Kids0.5%206
Washington Elementary School0.6%312
Washington Elementary School1.4%312
Wisconsin Rapids Area Middle School1.3%912
Woodside Elementary School0.6%341

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