Northwoods Reporter

There were 31 multiracial 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, multiracial students comprised 3.2% of the student body to be the second least 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 multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 18 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 multiracial Students	multiracial %
2022-23	954	31	3.3%
2021-22	939	30	3.2%
2020-21	930	19	2%
2019-20	920	19	2.1%
2018-19	937	17	1.8%
2017-18	936	19	2%
2016-17	955	21	2.2%
2015-16	982	19	1.9%
2014-15	993	19	1.9%
2013-14	995	5	0.5%
2012-13	1,026	3	0.3%
2011-12	1,025	5	0.5%
2010-11	1,094	5	0.5%