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Enrollment Analysis: American Indian students comprised 23.4% of Bayfield County's student body 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 386 American Indian students enrolled in Bayfield County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.3% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Bayfield County welcomed 1,651 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 23.4% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 12 schools in Bayfield County, Bayfield Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 144 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 Bayfield County in 2022-23 School Year
White [66.9%]American Indian [23.4%]Ethnicities <5% [9.7%]
Enrollment in Bayfield County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of American Indian students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Bayfield Elementary School69.9%206
Bayfield High School75%116
Bayfield Middle School69.6%92
Drummond Elementary School1.7%181
Drummond High School2.8%109
Drummond Junior High School6.3%48
Iron River Elementary School5.9%102
South Shore Elementary School4.4%114
South Shore Junior-Senior High School3.6%84
Washburn Elementary School11.6%319
Washburn High School9.1%198
Washburn Middle School15.9%82

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