Northwoods Reporter

There were 126 Black students enrolled in Douglas County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.8% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Douglas County welcomed 5,634 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 2.2% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in Douglas County, Superior High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 35 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 Black students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Bryant Elementary School	2.4%	291
Cooper Elementary School	2.6%	341
Eagles' Wings Virtual Charter School	5.9%	17
Great Lakes Elementary School	3.9%	388
Northern Lights Elementary School	4.3%	491
Northwestern Elementary School	0.4%	527
Northwestern High School	1%	400
Northwestern Middle School	0.4%	266
Superior Community Preschool	4.4%	91
Superior High School	2.7%	1,306
Superior Middle School	3%	903