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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 7.8% of Kewaunee County's student body in 2023-24 school year

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Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

There were 274 Hispanic students enrolled in Kewaunee County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.1% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Kewaunee County schools welcomed 3,535 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 7.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 10 schools in Kewaunee County, Luxemburg-Casco High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 48 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 Kewaunee County in 2023-24 School Year
White [88.6%]Hispanic [7.8%]Ethnicities <5% [3.6%]
Enrollment in Kewaunee County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of Hispanic students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Algoma Elementary School9.7%319
Algoma High School7.1%280
Algoma Venture Academy7.3%41
Kewaunee Elementary School11.9%386
Kewaunee High School11.4%306
Kewaunee Middle School11.2%188
Luxemburg-Casco High School7.4%646
Luxemburg-Casco Intermediate School4.1%567
Luxemburg-Casco Middle School5.3%300
Luxemburg-Casco Primary School6.2%502

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