Northwoods Reporter

There were four Asian students enrolled in Bayfield County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 42.9% less 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, Asian students comprised 0.2% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 12 schools in Bayfield County, Bayfield Elementary School, Bayfield Middle School, Drummond Junior High School, and Washburn High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of one 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 Asian students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Bayfield Elementary School	0.5%	206
Bayfield Middle School	1.1%	92
Drummond Junior High School	2.1%	48
Washburn High School	0.5%	198