Northwoods Reporter

There were nine American Indian students enrolled in Spooner Area School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 1,015 students were enrolled in the Spooner Area School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.9% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.

Spooner Area School District roughly covers six schools within Washburn County and has a main office in Spooner.

Among the six schools in Spooner Area School District, Spooner Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of four students.

In Wisconsin, white students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnicity. 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total American Indian Students	American Indian %
2022-23	1,015	9	0.9%
2021-22	1,049	11	1.1%
2020-21	1,021	9	0.9%
2019-20	1,111	14	1.3%
2018-19	1,158	17	1.5%
2017-18	1,149	19	1.7%
2016-17	1,162	25	2.2%
2015-16	1,187	27	2.3%
2014-15	1,300	27	2.1%
2013-14	1,276	25	2%
2012-13	1,233	30	2.4%
2011-12	1,237	36	2.9%
2010-11	1,260	34	2.7%
2009-10	1,221	32	2.6%
2008-09	1,251	35	2.8%
2007-08	1,286	41	3.2%