Green Bay Reporter

There were 333 Hispanic students enrolled in Shawano County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 4.1% more 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, Hispanic students comprised 6.7% of the student body, making them the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the six districts in Shawano County, Shawano School District recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 162 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 Hispanic Students	Total Enrollment
Bonduel School District	5.5%	745
Bowler School District	8.1%	309
Gresham School District	7%	300
Shawano School District	7.2%	2,238
Tigerton School District	2.3%	259
Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District	6.8%	1,154