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Enrollment Analysis: Black students comprised 2.6% of Mellen School District's student body 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 seven Black students enrolled in Mellen School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 270 students were enrolled in the Mellen School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 2.6% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.

Mellen School District roughly covers four schools within Ashland County and has a main office in Mellen.

Among the four schools in Mellen School District, Mellen Public School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of seven 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 Mellen School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [89.3%]American Indian [5.6%]Ethnicities <5% [5.1%]
Black Enrollment in Mellen School District During Last 17 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal Black StudentsBlack %
2022-2327072.6%
2021-2227051.9%
2020-2126272.7%
2019-2028372.5%
2018-1927151.9%
2017-18298103.4%
2016-1727872.5%
2015-1627262.2%
2014-1528241.4%
2013-1428862.1%
2012-1328651.8%
2011-1228551.8%
2010-1130193%
2009-1029951.7%
2008-0928131.1%
2007-0830331%
2006-0731251.6%

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