Northwoods Reporter

There were five Black students enrolled in Frederic School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 429 students were enrolled in the Frederic School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 1.2% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the district.

Frederic School District roughly covers two schools within Polk County and has a main office in Frederic.

Among the two schools in Frederic School District, Frederic 6-12 School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of four 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	429	5	1.2%
2021-22	441	3	0.7%
2020-21	428	8	1.9%
2019-20	440	13	3%
2018-19	438	8	1.8%
2017-18	438	9	2.1%
2016-17	452	10	2.2%
2015-16	456	4	0.9%
2014-15	461	11	2.4%
2013-14	457	10	2.2%
2012-13	444	5	1.1%
2011-12	457	6	1.3%
2010-11	489	6	1.2%
2009-10	482	6	1.2%
2008-09	486	4	0.8%
2007-08	536	1	0.2%
2006-07	528	2	0.4%