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There were 6,063 white students enrolled in Polk County schools in 2022-23 school year

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WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

There were 6,063 white students enrolled in Polk County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.1% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Polk County welcomed 6,694 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 90.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 26 schools in Polk County, Osceola High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 508 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.

Ethnicities in Polk County in 2022-23 School Year
White [90.6%]Ethnicities <5% [9.4%]
Enrollment in Polk County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of white students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Amery High School91.2%465
Amery Intermediate School90.9%285
Amery Middle School89.3%300
Clayton Elementary School94.9%137
Clayton High School97.9%93
Clayton Middle School100%56
Clear Lake High School89.5%181
Clear Lake Junior High School91%100
Dresser Elementary School96.3%54
Frederic 6-12 School87.3%221
Frederic Elementary School92.8%208
Gaylord A. Nelson Educational Center91.9%284
Lien Elementary School90.5%347
Luck Elementary School92.6%190
Luck High School94.1%118
Luck Middle School88.4%86
Osceola Elementary School91.7%397
Osceola High School92.2%551
Osceola Intermediate School90.9%307
Osceola Middle School92%339
Saint Croix Falls Elementary School92.5%347
Saint Croix Falls High School92.4%342
Saint Croix Falls Middle School91%332
Unity Elementary School84.3%396
Unity High School86.5%296
Unity Middle School81.7%262

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