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Enrollment Analysis: Black students comprised 0.5% of Bayfield School District's student body in 2022-23 school year

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Bayfield School District Superintendent Beth Paap (2023) | Bayfield School District

Bayfield School District Superintendent Beth Paap (2023) | Bayfield School District

There were two Black 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, Black students comprised 0.5% of the student body to be the least 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 High School and La Pointe Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of one 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.

Ethnicities in Bayfield School District in 2022-23 School Year
American Indian [69.2%]White [17.1%]Hispanic [8.7%]Ethnicities <5% [5%]
Black Enrollment in Bayfield School District During Last 17 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal Black StudentsBlack %
2022-2342620.5%
2021-2239720.5%
2020-2140830.7%
2019-2040320.5%
2018-1936520.6%
2017-1836730.8%
2016-1737041.1%
2015-1637841.1%
2014-1538751.3%
2013-1439651.3%
2012-1341351.2%
2011-1241941%
2010-1140571.7%
2009-1039661.5%
2008-0939320.5%
2007-0842210.2%
2006-0742210.2%

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