Northwoods Reporter

There were two Pacific Islander students enrolled in Ashland School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 1,855 students were enrolled in the Ashland School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the district.

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

Among the nine schools in Ashland School District, Lake Superior Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander 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 Pacific Islander Students	Pacific Islander %
2022-23	1,855	2	0.1%
2021-22	1,890	1	0.1%
2016-17	2,039	1	0.1%
2015-16	2,127	1	0.1%
2014-15	2,176	1	0.1%