Northwoods Reporter

There were 349 American Indian students enrolled in Ashland County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.2% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Ashland County welcomed 2,460 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 14.2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 11 schools in Ashland County, Ashland High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 128 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
Ashland High School	20.5%	626
Ashland Middle School	19.6%	398
Butternut High School	2.2%	92
Chequamegon Middle School	1.6%	129
Lake Superior Elementary School	20.6%	603
Mellen Public School	5.6%	270