Northwoods Reporter

There were 32 American Indian students enrolled in Washburn County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 8.6% 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, American Indian students comprised 1.4% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Washburn County, Shell Lake Junior/Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 10 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 American Indian students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Birchwood Blue Hills Charter School	14.3%	7
Birchwood Elementary School	4%	101
Birchwood Middle School	2.1%	47
NorthStar Community Charter School	4.4%	23
Northwood Elementary School	1.4%	145
Shell Lake Elementary (3-6)	1.1%	178
Shell Lake Junior/Senior High School	3.2%	311
Shell Lake Primary (K-2)	1.4%	147
Spooner Elementary School	1.1%	375
Spooner High School	0.8%	363
Spooner Middle School	0.7%	277