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
Data showed that Polk County welcomed 6,694 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 3.4% of the student body, making them the third most represented ethnicity in the county districts.
Among the eight districts in Polk County, Amery School District recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 55 students.
The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Polk County.
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.
| District | % of multiracial Students | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Amery School District | 3.9% | 1,397 |
| Clayton School District | 1.8% | 286 |
| Clear Lake School District | 4.1% | 565 |
| Frederic School District | 4.9% | 429 |
| Luck School District | 3.6% | 394 |
| Osceola School District | 2.9% | 1,594 |
| Saint Croix Falls School District | 3.3% | 1,075 |
| Unity School District | 3.3% | 954 |
Alerts Sign-up