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Enrollment Analysis: Multiracial students comprised 3.3% of Rusk County's student body 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 53 multiracial students enrolled in Rusk County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 7% 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, multiracial students comprised 3.3% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the nine schools in Rusk County, Ladysmith Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 16 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 multiracial students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Bruce Elementary School3.5%200
Bruce High School2.3%131
Bruce Middle School5.1%79
Ladysmith Elementary School4.9%329
Ladysmith High School6.1%245
Ladysmith Middle School4.7%169

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