Green Bay Reporter

The majority of students in Brown County districts were white in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 42,365 students attending Brown County district schools, 62.9% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnic group among Brown County's districts, making up 17.9% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Brown County districts, representing 63.6% of the student body.

Green Bay Area Public School District had the most even distribution of races among county districts, which included 37.4% of white students, 33.4% of Hispanic students, 8.8% of African American students, 8.5% of Asian students, 8.5% of multiracial students, and 0.1% of Pacific Islander students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped to 0.9% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Brown 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	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Ashwaubenon School District	White	73.3	3,197
De Pere School District	White	83.8	4,526
Denmark School District	White	89.4	1,625
Green Bay Area Public School District	White	37.4	18,579
Howard-Suamico School District	White	84.8	5,665
Pulaski Community School District	White	89.4	3,798
West De Pere School District	White	76.4	3,655
Wrightstown Community School District	White	85.1	1,320