Northwoods Reporter

There were five Asian students enrolled in Washburn County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 28.6% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Washburn County welcomed 2,231 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 0.2% of the student body, making them the least represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the four districts in Washburn County, Spooner Area School District recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of three students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Washburn 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 Asian Students	Total Enrollment
Shell Lake School District	0.3%	636
Spooner Area School District	0.3%	1,015