Northwoods Reporter

There were 27 multiracial students enrolled in Turtle Lake School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 467 students were enrolled in the Turtle Lake School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 5.8% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.

Turtle Lake School District roughly covers five schools within Barron County and has a main office in Turtle Lake.

Among the five schools in Turtle Lake School District, Turtle Lake Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 16 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 multiracial Students	multiracial %
2022-23	467	27	5.8%
2021-22	450	19	4.2%
2020-21	472	18	3.8%
2019-20	469	15	3.2%
2018-19	458	16	3.5%
2017-18	445	13	2.9%
2016-17	435	13	3%
2015-16	431	9	2.1%
2014-15	465	15	3.2%
2013-14	440	6	1.4%
2012-13	444	5	1.1%
2011-12	468	8	1.7%
2010-11	481	6	1.3%