Northwoods Reporter

There were 188 white students enrolled in Butternut School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 194 students were enrolled in the Butternut School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 96.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Butternut School District roughly covers three schools within Ashland County and has a main office in Butternut.

Among the three schools in Butternut School District, Butternut Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 101 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	194	188	96.9%
2021-22	176	166	94.3%
2020-21	173	164	94.8%
2019-20	179	172	96.1%
2018-19	206	199	96.6%
2017-18	186	183	98.4%
2016-17	180	178	98.9%
2015-16	199	195	98%
2014-15	210	199	94.8%
2013-14	198	188	95%
2012-13	196	190	96.9%
2011-12	201	196	97.5%
2010-11	214	208	97.2%
2009-10	214	212	99.1%
2008-09	174	171	98.3%
2007-08	171	166	97.1%
2006-07	183	177	96.7%