Northwoods Reporter

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

Data showed that 1,594 students were enrolled in the Osceola School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the district.

Osceola School District roughly covers six schools within Polk County and has a main office in Osceola.

Among the six schools in Osceola School District, Osceola Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of two 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 Black Students	Black %
2022-23	1,594	5	0.3%
2021-22	1,578	3	0.2%
2020-21	1,550	3	0.2%
2019-20	1,672	4	0.2%
2018-19	1,692	2	0.1%
2017-18	1,695	2	0.1%
2016-17	1,705	5	0.3%
2015-16	1,725	5	0.3%
2014-15	1,782	5	0.3%
2013-14	1,776	5	0.3%
2012-13	1,811	4	0.2%
2011-12	1,832	5	0.3%
2010-11	1,855	6	0.3%
2009-10	1,893	18	1%
2008-09	1,885	17	0.9%
2007-08	1,879	14	0.8%