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Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 89.2% of Washburn 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 1,989 white students enrolled in Washburn County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.5% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Washburn County welcomed 2,231 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 89.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Washburn County, Spooner Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 340 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 Washburn County in 2022-23 School Year
White [89.2%]Ethnicities <5% [5.7%]Multiracial [5.1%]
Enrollment in Washburn County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of white students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Birchwood Blue Hills Charter School85.7%7
Birchwood Elementary School89.1%101
Birchwood High School93.4%61
Birchwood Middle School95.7%47
Birchwood Public Montessori81.3%32
Bobcat Virtual Academy89.5%19
NorthStar Community Charter School95.7%23
Northwood Elementary School86.2%145
Northwood High/Middle School84.7%144
Northwood Virtual Charter School100%1
Shell Lake Elementary (3-6)89.9%178
Shell Lake Junior/Senior High School88.8%311
Shell Lake Primary (K-2)89.8%147
Spooner Elementary School90.7%375
Spooner High School89.5%363
Spooner Middle School88.5%277

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