WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Data showed that 962 students were enrolled in the Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 0.9% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the district.
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District roughly covers six schools within Barron County and has a main office in Chetek.
Among the six schools in Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of six 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 | 962 | 9 | 0.9% |
| 2021-22 | 949 | 9 | 1% |
| 2020-21 | 970 | 9 | 0.9% |
| 2019-20 | 981 | 11 | 1.1% |
| 2018-19 | 989 | 12 | 1.2% |
| 2017-18 | 976 | 12 | 1.2% |
| 2016-17 | 992 | 16 | 1.6% |
| 2015-16 | 989 | 14 | 1.4% |
| 2014-15 | 993 | 10 | 1% |
| 2013-14 | 959 | 7 | 0.7% |
| 2012-13 | 990 | 16 | 1.6% |
| 2011-12 | 1,010 | 12 | 1.2% |
| 2010-11 | 1,022 | 8 | 0.8% |
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