Green Bay Reporter

There were 674 American Indian students enrolled in Shawano County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 0.7% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Shawano County welcomed 5,005 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 13.5% of the student body, making them the second most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the six districts in Shawano County, Shawano School District recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 418 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Shawano 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	% of American Indian Students	Total Enrollment
Bonduel School District	2.6%	745
Bowler School District	35%	309
Gresham School District	25.7%	300
Shawano School District	18.7%	2,238
Tigerton School District	3.5%	259
Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District	3.7%	1,154