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There were 153 Black students enrolled in Barron County 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 153 Black students enrolled in Barron County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.9% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Barron County welcomed 7,444 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 2.1% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 36 schools in Barron County, Woodland Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 62 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 Barron County in 2022-23 School Year
White [86.1%]Ethnicities <5% [7.8%]Hispanic [6.1%]
Enrollment in Barron County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Black students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Barron High School8.5%316
Cameron Academy of Virtual Education2.6%115
Cameron Elementary School0.2%422
Cameron High School1.5%276
Cameron Middle School0.3%330
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School2.5%243
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle School0.5%207
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary School0.2%477
Cumberland Middle School0.7%276
Hilltop Elementary School0.8%262
New Auburn Elementary School1.5%130
Rice Lake High School0.6%714
Rice Lake Middle School0.3%601
Riverview Middle School9.8%317
Tainter Elementary School0.8%481
Woodland Elementary School19.6%317

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