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Shawano County Education: 329 Hispanic students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

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WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

There were 329 Hispanic students enrolled in Shawano County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.8% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Shawano County welcomed 4,965 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 6.6% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Shawano County, Shawano High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 56 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.

Ethnicities in Shawano County in 2022-23 School Year
White [69.2%]American Indian [13.4%]Multiracial [9.3%]Hispanic [6.6%]Ethnicities <5% [1.5%]
Enrollment in Shawano County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Birnamwood Elementary School5%361
Bonduel Elementary School6.4%329
Bonduel High School5%260
Bonduel Middle School4.1%147
Bowler Elementary School8.8%148
Bowler High School8.1%149
Brener Elementary School9%433
Gresham Elementary School7.3%151
Gresham High School6.7%149
Hillcrest Primary School7.8%436
LEADS Primary Charter School3.7%81
Shawano Community Middle School6.2%485
Shawano High School7%803
Tigerton Elementary School1.6%128
Tigerton High School3.1%131
Wittenberg Elementary School7.2%443
Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School7.6%331

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