Northwoods Reporter

There were 121 Black 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, Black students comprised 10.8% of the student body to be the second most 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 Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 62 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	1,119	121	10.8%
2021-22	1,145	126	11%
2020-21	1,168	151	12.9%
2019-20	1,208	152	12.6%
2018-19	1,241	164	13.2%
2017-18	1,307	176	13.5%
2016-17	1,335	132	9.9%
2015-16	1,362	129	9.5%
2014-15	1,370	114	8.3%
2013-14	1,349	100	7.4%
2012-13	1,382	93	6.7%
2011-12	1,334	71	5.3%
2010-11	1,320	74	5.6%
2009-10	1,307	76	5.8%
2008-09	1,334	89	6.7%
2007-08	1,328	89	6.7%
2006-07	1,308	61	4.7%