Northwoods Reporter

There were nine Black students enrolled in Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the 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%