Northwoods Reporter

There were 87 Hispanic students enrolled in Ashland County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 7.4% 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, Hispanic students comprised 3.5% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 11 schools in Ashland County, Ashland High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 28 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 Hispanic students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Ashland High School	4.5%	626
Ashland Middle School	5.3%	398
Chequamegon Middle School	2.3%	129
Glidden Elementary School	3.1%	32
Lake Superior Elementary School	4.3%	603
Marengo Valley Elementary School	1.5%	196
Mellen Public School	1.9%	270