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Sawyer County Education: 113 Hispanic students were enrolled in 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 113 Hispanic students enrolled in Sawyer County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 10.8% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Sawyer County welcomed 2,154 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 5.2% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 12 schools in Sawyer County, Hayward Primary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 36 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 Sawyer County in 2022-23 School Year
White [69.9%]American Indian [17%]Multiracial [6.3%]Hispanic [5.2%]Ethnicities <5% [1.6%]
Enrollment in Sawyer County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Hayward High School5.1%529
Hayward Intermediate School5.4%353
Hayward Middle School5.5%347
Hayward Primary School8.7%416
Winter Elementary School8%113
Winter High School3.6%83

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