Northwoods Reporter

There were 26 Hispanic students enrolled in Shell Lake School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 636 students were enrolled in the Shell Lake School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 4.1% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Shell Lake School District roughly covers three schools within Washburn County and has a main office in Shell Lake.

Among the three schools in Shell Lake School District, Shell Lake Elementary (3-6) and Shell Lake Junior/Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of nine 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	636	26	4.1%
2021-22	634	25	3.9%
2020-21	584	27	4.6%
2019-20	683	31	4.5%
2018-19	685	22	3.2%
2017-18	698	16	2.3%
2016-17	657	14	2.1%
2015-16	691	19	2.8%
2014-15	674	12	1.8%
2013-14	668	10	1.5%
2012-13	662	9	1.4%
2011-12	668	12	1.8%
2010-11	674	10	1.5%
2009-10	652	12	1.8%
2008-09	638	7	1.1%
2007-08	624	10	1.6%