Northwoods Reporter

There were 649 white students enrolled in Ladysmith School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 743 students were enrolled in the Ladysmith School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 87.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Ladysmith School District roughly covers six schools within Rusk County and has a main office in Ladysmith.

Among the six schools in Ladysmith School District, Ladysmith Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 290 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 white Students	white %
2022-23	743	649	87.4%
2021-22	777	678	87.3%
2020-21	774	696	89.9%
2019-20	803	721	89.8%
2018-19	806	725	9~0%
2017-18	786	701	89.2%
2016-17	822	727	88.4%
2015-16	830	735	88.6%
2014-15	854	763	89.3%
2013-14	888	800	90.1%
2012-13	875	770	88%
2011-12	881	792	89.9%
2010-11	928	833	89.8%
2009-10	945	898	95%
2008-09	986	934	94.7%
2007-08	970	921	95%
2006-07	960	926	96.5%