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Enrollment Analysis: Pacific Islander students comprised less than 0.1% 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 was one Pacific Islander student enrolled in Wood County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 50% 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, Pacific Islander students comprised less than 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Marshfield High School was the only school in the county which enrolled Pacific Islander students, welcoming one student in the 2023-24 school year.

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 Pacific Islander students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Marshfield High School< 0.1%1,244

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