Northwoods Reporter

There were 20 American Indian students enrolled in Maple School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 1,295 students were enrolled in the Maple School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 1.5% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.

Maple School District roughly covers four schools within Douglas County and has a main office in Maple.

Among the four schools in Maple School District, Iron River Elementary School and Northwestern High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of six students.

According to the Nation's Report Card 2022 results, Black fourth-graders in Wisconsin scored an average of 40 points lower than their white colleagues in both Math and Reading.

Data also showed that Black students were three times as likely to fail the Reading test than white pupils in the state. The gap is even larger in Mathematics, with black students failing five times more than white students.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total American Indian Students	American Indian %
2022-23	1,295	20	1.5%
2021-22	1,302	14	1.1%
2020-21	1,295	12	0.9%
2019-20	1,324	15	1.1%
2018-19	1,341	14	1%
2017-18	1,319	16	1.2%
2016-17	1,351	18	1.3%
2015-16	1,370	20	1.5%
2014-15	1,389	19	1.4%
2013-14	1,406	25	1.8%
2012-13	1,454	32	2.2%
2011-12	1,445	28	1.9%
2010-11	1,477	26	1.8%
2009-10	1,480	21	1.4%
2008-09	1,457	11	0.8%
2007-08	1,459	8	0.6%
2006-07	1,454	40	2.8%