Green Bay Reporter

There were 11 Black students enrolled in Oconto County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 57.1% 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, Black students comprised 0.2% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 19 schools in Oconto County, Gillett Elementary School, Oconto Falls Elementary School, Sunnyside Elementary School, and Suring Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black 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 Black students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Gillett Elementary School	0.8%	250
Northeast Wisconsin Learning Academy	4.4%	23
Oconto Falls Elementary School	0.4%	519
Oconto High School	0.4%	280
Oconto Middle School	0.4%	288
Sunnyside Elementary School	0.4%	497
Suring Elementary School	1%	208