Northwoods Reporter

There were seven Black 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, Black students comprised 0.5% of the student body to be the second 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, Northwestern High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of four 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	1,295	7	0.5%
2021-22	1,302	11	0.8%
2020-21	1,295	7	0.5%
2019-20	1,324	13	1%
2018-19	1,341	10	0.8%
2017-18	1,319	12	0.9%
2016-17	1,351	15	1.1%
2015-16	1,370	11	0.8%
2014-15	1,389	14	1%
2013-14	1,406	13	0.9%
2012-13	1,454	12	0.8%
2011-12	1,445	20	1.4%
2010-11	1,477	19	1.3%
2009-10	1,480	21	1.4%
2008-09	1,457	47	3.2%
2007-08	1,459	44	3%
2006-07	1,454	13	0.9%