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How many Hispanic students were enrolled in Rusk 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 54 Hispanic students enrolled in Rusk County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 11.5% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Rusk County welcomed 1,614 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 3.3% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the nine schools in Rusk County, Ladysmith Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 15 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 Rusk County in 2022-23 School Year
White [91.6%]Ethnicities <5% [8.4%]
Enrollment in Rusk County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Bruce Elementary School3.5%200
Bruce High School3.1%131
Bruce Middle School1.3%79
Flambeau Elementary School0.5%214
Flambeau High School1.4%141
Flambeau Middle School1.9%106
Ladysmith Elementary School4.6%329
Ladysmith High School5.7%245
Ladysmith Middle School4.7%169

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