Northwoods Reporter

There were two Black students enrolled in Flambeau School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 461 students were enrolled in the Flambeau School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 0.4% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the district.

Flambeau School District roughly covers five schools within Rusk County and has a main office in Tony.

Among the five schools in Flambeau School District, Flambeau High School and Flambeau Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of one 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	461	2	0.4%
2021-22	479	1	0.2%
2019-20	537	2	0.4%
2018-19	578	2	0.4%
2017-18	571	1	0.2%
2016-17	583	2	0.3%
2015-16	587	2	0.3%
2014-15	601	3	0.5%
2013-14	628	4	0.6%
2012-13	627	4	0.6%
2011-12	660	12	1.8%
2010-11	658	7	1.1%
2009-10	697	11	1.6%
2008-09	660	8	1.2%
2007-08	661	10	1.5%
2006-07	671	8	1.2%