Northwoods Reporter

There were 54 multiracial 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, multiracial students comprised 4.8% of the student body to be the fourth 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 multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 18 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 multiracial Students	multiracial %
2022-23	1,119	54	4.8%
2021-22	1,145	54	4.7%
2020-21	1,168	39	3.3%
2019-20	1,208	41	3.4%
2018-19	1,241	44	3.6%
2017-18	1,307	40	3.1%
2016-17	1,335	39	2.9%
2015-16	1,362	35	2.6%
2014-15	1,370	31	2.3%
2013-14	1,349	33	2.5%
2012-13	1,382	33	2.4%
2011-12	1,334	25	1.9%
2010-11	1,320	19	1.4%