Northwoods Reporter

The majority of students in Bayfield County districts were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 1,561 students attending Bayfield County district schools, 65.7% were white. American Indian students were the second largest ethnic group among Bayfield County's districts, making up 24.3% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Bayfield County districts, representing 65.5% of the student body.

Washburn School District had the most diverse student body in the county, which included American Indian, Asian, African American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, multiracial, and white.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county increased 2.9% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Bayfield County.

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.

District	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Bayfield School District	American Indian	69.2	426
Drummond Area School District	White	85.2	338
South Shore School District	White	88.4	198
Washburn School District	White	81.6	599