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14 American Indian students enrolled in Rusk County schools in 2023-24 school year

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Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

There were 14 American Indian students enrolled in Rusk County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 40% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Rusk County schools welcomed 1,605 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.9% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the nine schools in Rusk County, Ladysmith Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2023-24 school year, with four 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.

These achievement gaps are also reflected in graduation rates. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Meanwhile, 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.

Ethnicities in Rusk County in 2023-24 School Year
White [91.3%]Ethnicities <5% [8.7%]
Enrollment in Rusk County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of American Indian students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Bruce Elementary School1%204
Bruce High School0.8%120
Flambeau Elementary School0.5%197
Ladysmith Elementary School0.9%349
Ladysmith High School1.2%241
Ladysmith Middle School2.5%159

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