480 multiracial students enrolled in Shawano County schools in 2023-24 school year

Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

By Green Bay Reporter

Oct 21, 2024

There were 480 multiracial students enrolled in Shawano County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.9% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Shawano County schools welcomed 4,897 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 9.8% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Shawano County, Shawano High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 83 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.

These achievement gaps are also reflected in graduation rates. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Meanwhile, graduation rates for Black and multiracial students lagged behind white students by 10%. Even further behind, only 71.6% of Hispanic students completed their high school education during the same period, one of the lowest graduation rates in the state.

Ethnicities in Shawano County in 2023-24 School Year

Enrollment in Shawano County Schools During 2023-24 School Year

School name	% of multiracial students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Birnamwood Elementary School	3.2%	340
Bonduel Elementary School	2.7%	294
Bonduel High School	1.9%	259
Bonduel Middle School	2%	201
Bowler Elementary School	16.8%	167
Bowler High School	11.8%	136
Brener Elementary School	14.8%	399
Gresham Elementary School	23%	139
Gresham High School	21%	162
Hillcrest Primary School	14.7%	435
LEADS Primary Charter School	15.3%	85
Shawano Community Middle School	13.5%	468
Shawano High School	10.8%	770
Tigerton Elementary School	9.9%	121
Tigerton High School	6.5%	124
Wittenberg Elementary School	4.4%	459
Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School	5.9%	338