Northwoods Reporter

There were nine Black students enrolled in Bayfield County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 10% 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, Black students comprised 0.5% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 12 schools in Bayfield County, Washburn High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of three 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 Black students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Bayfield High School	0.9%	116
Drummond High School	0.9%	109
South Shore Elementary School	0.9%	114
South Shore Junior-Senior High School	1.2%	84
Washburn High School	1.5%	198
Washburn Middle School	2.4%	82