Green Bay Reporter

There were 11 Asian students enrolled in Oconto County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 37.5% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Oconto County welcomed 4,514 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 0.2% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 19 schools in Oconto County, Abrams Elementary School, Oconto Elementary School, Sunnyside Elementary School, and Washington Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of two 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 Asian students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Abrams Elementary School	0.7%	271
Gillett Elementary School	0.4%	250
Oconto Elementary School	0.5%	368
Oconto Falls High School	0.2%	521
Sunnyside Elementary School	0.4%	497
Suring Elementary School	0.5%	208
Washington Middle School	0.5%	368