Northwoods Reporter

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.

School name	% of American Indian students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Grantsburg Elementary School	1.8%	171
Grantsburg High School	0.4%	254
Nelson Elementary School	2.6%	117
Siren Elementary School	20.5%	195
Siren High School	21%	219
Webster Elementary School	5.8%	257
Webster High School	5%	200
Webster Middle School	10.1%	189
iForward	2.1%	896