Northwoods Reporter

There were 50 Hispanic students enrolled in Unity School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 954 students were enrolled in the Unity School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 5.2% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.

Unity School District roughly covers three schools within Polk County and has a main office in Balsam Lake.

Among the three schools in Unity School District, Unity Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 21 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 Hispanic Students	Hispanic %
2022-23	954	50	5.2%
2021-22	939	43	4.6%
2020-21	930	37	4%
2019-20	920	29	3.2%
2018-19	937	25	2.7%
2017-18	936	23	2.5%
2016-17	955	26	2.7%
2015-16	982	37	3.8%
2014-15	993	32	3.2%
2013-14	995	16	1.6%
2012-13	1,026	12	1.2%
2011-12	1,025	8	0.8%
2010-11	1,094	12	1.1%
2009-10	1,090	16	1.5%
2008-09	1,090	10	0.9%
2007-08	1,097	15	1.4%