Northwoods Reporter

There were 82 American Indian students enrolled in Polk County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.7% 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, American Indian students comprised 1.2% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 26 schools in Polk County, Unity Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 27 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.

School name	% of American Indian students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Amery High School	0.4%	465
Clayton Elementary School	0.7%	137
Clear Lake High School	1.1%	181
Frederic Elementary School	0.5%	208
Gaylord A. Nelson Educational Center	0.4%	284
Lien Elementary School	0.3%	347
Luck Elementary School	1.1%	190
Luck Middle School	1.2%	86
Osceola Elementary School	0.5%	397
Osceola High School	0.4%	551
Saint Croix Falls Middle School	0.3%	332
Unity Elementary School	5.8%	396
Unity High School	5.4%	296
Unity Middle School	10.3%	262