Central Wisconsin News

The majority of students in Marathon County districts were white in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 18,904 students attending Marathon County district schools, 73.6% were white. Asian students were the second largest ethnic group among Marathon County's districts, making up 13.3% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Marathon County districts, representing 74.1% of the student body.

D C Everest Area School District, Mosinee School District and Wausau 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 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped to 1.1% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Marathon 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
Athens School District	White	88.7	479
D C Everest Area School District	White	72.3	5,954
Edgar School District	White	92.8	598
Marathon City School District	White	89.7	776
Mosinee School District	White	92	1,956
Spencer School District	White	89.8	586
Stratford School District	White	91.8	772
Wausau School District	White	63	7,783