Northwoods Reporter

There were four Black 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, Black students comprised 0.5% of the student body to be the least 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 High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of three 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total Black Students	Black %
2022-23	743	4	0.5%
2021-22	777	7	0.9%
2020-21	774	11	1.4%
2019-20	803	13	1.6%
2018-19	806	11	1.4%
2017-18	786	11	1.4%
2016-17	822	11	1.3%
2015-16	830	6	0.7%
2014-15	854	4	0.5%
2013-14	888	5	0.6%
2012-13	875	6	0.7%
2011-12	881	5	0.6%
2010-11	928	4	0.4%
2009-10	945	9	1%
2008-09	986	17	1.7%
2007-08	970	15	1.6%
2006-07	960	11	1.2%