Northwoods Reporter

There were 295 American Indian students enrolled in Bayfield School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 426 students were enrolled in the Bayfield School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 69.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Bayfield School District roughly covers four schools within Bayfield County and has a main office in Bayfield.

Among the four schools in Bayfield School District, Bayfield Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 144 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 American Indian Students	American Indian %
2022-23	426	295	69.3%
2021-22	397	283	71.3%
2020-21	408	294	72.1%
2019-20	403	299	74.2%
2018-19	365	273	74.8%
2017-18	367	281	76.6%
2016-17	370	287	77.6%
2015-16	378	278	73.5%
2014-15	387	285	73.6%
2013-14	396	293	74%
2012-13	413	303	73.4%
2011-12	419	316	75.4%
2010-11	405	308	76.1%
2009-10	396	304	76.8%
2008-09	393	298	75.8%
2007-08	422	309	73.2%
2006-07	422	312	73.9%