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Grantsburg School District Education: 67 Black students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

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Grantsburg School District Superintendent Josh Watt (2023) | Grantsburg School District

Grantsburg School District Superintendent Josh Watt (2023) | Grantsburg School District

There were 67 Black students enrolled in Grantsburg School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 1,759 students were enrolled in the Grantsburg School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 3.8% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.

Grantsburg School District roughly covers six schools within Burnett County and has a main office in Grantsburg.

Among the six schools in Grantsburg School District, iForward recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 62 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 Grantsburg School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [81.4%]Hispanic [6.5%]Multiracial [6.3%]Ethnicities <5% [5.8%]
Black Enrollment in Grantsburg School District During Last 17 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal Black StudentsBlack %
2022-231,759673.8%
2021-221,770874.9%
2020-211,782754.2%
2019-201,541744.8%
2018-191,463644.4%
2017-181,437624.3%
2016-171,435775.4%
2015-161,412594.2%
2014-151,402513.6%
2013-141,356614.5%
2012-131,317423.2%
2011-121,575754.8%
2010-111,507483.2%
2009-101,671694.1%
2008-091,368433.1%
2007-081,230322.6%
2006-071,010101%

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