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Washburn County Education: 113 multiracial 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 multiracial students enrolled in Washburn County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 10.3% 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, multiracial students comprised 5.1% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Washburn County, Spooner High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 21 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 multiracial students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Birchwood Elementary School2%101
Birchwood High School1.6%61
Birchwood Middle School2.1%47
Birchwood Public Montessori9.4%32
Bobcat Virtual Academy5.3%19
Northwood Elementary School6.9%145
Northwood High/Middle School8.3%144
Shell Lake Elementary (3-6)2.8%178
Shell Lake Junior/Senior High School4.5%311
Shell Lake Primary (K-2)3.4%147
Spooner Elementary School5.3%375
Spooner High School5.8%363
Spooner Middle School6.5%277

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