Northwoods Reporter

There were 12 Black students enrolled in Amery School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 1,397 students were enrolled in the Amery School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 0.9% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.

Amery School District roughly covers four schools within Polk County and has a main office in Amery.

Among the four schools in Amery School District, Amery High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of seven 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	1,397	12	0.9%
2021-22	1,441	17	1.2%
2020-21	1,447	15	1%
2019-20	1,514	18	1.2%
2018-19	1,554	18	1.2%
2017-18	1,526	18	1.2%
2016-17	1,531	13	0.9%
2015-16	1,531	14	0.9%
2014-15	1,512	16	1.1%
2013-14	1,586	18	1.1%
2012-13	1,637	15	0.9%
2011-12	1,669	14	0.8%
2010-11	1,684	14	0.8%
2009-10	1,713	15	0.9%
2008-09	1,736	10	0.6%
2007-08	1,768	13	0.7%
2006-07	1,768	15	0.9%