Green Bay Reporter

There were seven Pacific Islander students enrolled in Shawano County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 12.5% less 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, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Shawano County, Bonduel Elementary School, Bonduel High School, Hillcrest Primary School, Shawano Community Middle School, Tigerton High School, Wittenberg Elementary School, and Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of one 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.

School name	% of Pacific Islander students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Bonduel Elementary School	0.3%	329
Bonduel High School	0.4%	260
Hillcrest Primary School	0.2%	436
Shawano Community Middle School	0.2%	485
Tigerton High School	0.8%	131
Wittenberg Elementary School	0.2%	443
Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School	0.3%	331