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Bayfield County Education: 71 multiracial students were enrolled in 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 71 multiracial students enrolled in Bayfield County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.9% 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, multiracial students comprised 4.3% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 12 schools in Bayfield County, Drummond Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 16 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 multiracial students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Bayfield Elementary School4.9%206
Bayfield High School2.6%116
Bayfield Middle School3.3%92
Drummond Elementary School8.8%181
Drummond High School6.4%109
Drummond Junior High School4.2%48
Iron River Elementary School2%102
South Shore Elementary School4.4%114
South Shore Junior-Senior High School3.6%84
Washburn Elementary School2.5%319
Washburn High School5.1%198
Washburn Middle School2.4%82

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