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Enrollment Analysis: Multiracial students comprised 3.9% of Oconto 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 178 multiracial students enrolled in Oconto County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.7% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Oconto County schools welcomed 4,537 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 3.9% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 19 schools in Oconto County, Oconto Falls Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 31 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 Oconto County in 2023-24 School Year
White [89.4%]Ethnicities <5% [10.6%]
Enrollment in Oconto County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of multiracial students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Abrams Elementary School5.5%275
Fairview Elementary School4.6%110
Gillett Elementary School4.1%291
Gillett High School4.9%163
Gillett Middle School7.6%118
Lena Elementary School1.9%206
Lena High School0.9%115
Lena Middle School1.1%89
Northeast Wisconsin Learning Academy5.3%19
Oconto Elementary School3.7%354
Oconto Falls Elementary School6.2%498
Oconto Falls High School4.3%534
Oconto High School1.9%265
Oconto Middle School2%300
Sunnyside Elementary School1.2%501
Suring Elementary School4.9%206
Suring High School6.7%134
Washington Middle School5.3%359

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