Northwoods Reporter

There were 155 Black students enrolled in Barron County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 1.3% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Barron County welcomed 7,551 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 2.1% of the student body, making them the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the nine districts in Barron County, Barron Area School District recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 121 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Barron County.

White students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnic group in Wisconsin. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Graduation rates for Black and multiracial students lagged behind white students by 10%.

Even further behind, only 71.6% of Hispanic students completed their high school education during the same period, one of the lowest graduation rates in the state.

District	% of Black Students	Total Enrollment
Barron Area School District	10.8%	1,119
Cameron School District	0.8%	1,151
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District	0.9%	962
Cumberland School District	0.2%	988
New Auburn School District	0.7%	298
Rice Lake Area School District	0.6%	2,186