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There were 156 American Indian students enrolled in Burnett County 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 156 American Indian students enrolled in Burnett County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 14.3% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Burnett County welcomed 2,819 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 5.5% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 10 schools in Burnett County, Siren High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 46 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 Burnett County in 2022-23 School Year
White [76.7%]Multiracial [9.5%]American Indian [5.5%]Hispanic [5.3%]Ethnicities <5% [3%]
Enrollment in Burnett County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of American Indian students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Grantsburg Elementary School1.8%171
Grantsburg High School0.4%254
Nelson Elementary School2.6%117
Siren Elementary School20.5%195
Siren High School21%219
Webster Elementary School5.8%257
Webster High School5%200
Webster Middle School10.1%189
iForward2.1%896

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