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There were 268 multiracial 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 268 multiracial students enrolled in Burnett County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 32% more 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, multiracial students comprised 9.5% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 10 schools in Burnett County, iForward recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 42 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 multiracial students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Grantsburg Elementary School8.8%171
Grantsburg High School9.8%254
Grantsburg Middle School5.6%321
Nelson Elementary School8.6%117
Siren Elementary School17.4%195
Siren High School12.3%219
Webster Elementary School16%257
Webster High School16.5%200
Webster Middle School12.2%189
iForward4.7%896

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