Northwoods Reporter

There were 21 Asian students enrolled in Barron Area School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 1,119 students were enrolled in the Barron Area School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 1.9% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.

Barron Area School District roughly covers eight schools within Barron County and has a main office in Barron.

Among the eight schools in Barron Area School District, Woodland Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 12 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 Asian Students	Asian %
2022-23	1,119	21	1.9%
2021-22	1,145	10	0.9%
2020-21	1,168	6	0.5%
2019-20	1,208	7	0.6%
2018-19	1,241	8	0.6%
2017-18	1,307	8	0.6%
2016-17	1,335	16	1.2%
2015-16	1,362	16	1.2%
2014-15	1,370	12	0.9%
2013-14	1,349	14	1%
2012-13	1,382	13	0.9%
2011-12	1,334	14	1.1%
2010-11	1,320	11	0.8%
2009-10	1,307	11	0.8%
2008-09	1,334	13	1%
2007-08	1,328	11	0.8%
2006-07	1,308	10	0.8%