Northwoods Reporter

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.

School name	% of American Indian students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Bayfield Elementary School	69.9%	206
Bayfield High School	75%	116
Bayfield Middle School	69.6%	92
Drummond Elementary School	1.7%	181
Drummond High School	2.8%	109
Drummond Junior High School	6.3%	48
Iron River Elementary School	5.9%	102
South Shore Elementary School	4.4%	114
South Shore Junior-Senior High School	3.6%	84
Washburn Elementary School	11.6%	319
Washburn High School	9.1%	198
Washburn Middle School	15.9%	82