Northwoods Reporter

There were 68 American Indian students enrolled in Superior School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 4,155 students were enrolled in the Superior School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 1.6% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.

Superior School District roughly covers nine schools within Douglas County and has a main office in Superior.

Among the nine schools in Superior School District, Northern Lights Elementary School and Superior Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 17 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	4,155	68	1.6%
2021-22	4,181	67	1.6%
2020-21	4,321	81	1.9%
2019-20	4,538	85	1.9%
2018-19	4,622	97	2.1%
2017-18	4,705	112	2.4%
2016-17	4,757	140	2.9%
2015-16	4,704	123	2.6%
2014-15	4,680	131	2.8%
2013-14	4,667	135	2.9%
2012-13	4,744	159	3.4%
2011-12	4,775	191	4%
2010-11	4,858	220	4.5%
2009-10	4,873	216	4.4%
2008-09	4,931	204	4.1%
2007-08	4,993	196	3.9%