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Bayfield County Education: 83 multiracial students were enrolled in schools in 2023-24 school year

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Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Wikipedia

Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Wikipedia

There were 83 multiracial students enrolled in Bayfield County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 16.9% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Bayfield County schools welcomed 1,604 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 5.2% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 12 schools in Bayfield County, Washburn Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 17 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 Bayfield County in 2023-24 School Year
White [65.5%]American Indian [23.8%]Ethnicities <5% [5.5%]Multiracial [5.2%]
Enrollment in Bayfield County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of multiracial students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Bayfield Elementary School5.6%197
Bayfield High School7%114
Bayfield Middle School1.1%93
Drummond Elementary School7.3%164
Drummond High School7.8%103
Drummond Junior High School5.9%51
Iron River Elementary School2%101
South Shore Elementary School4.6%110
South Shore Junior-Senior High School5.2%96
Washburn Elementary School5.6%302
Washburn High School4.2%189
Washburn Middle School3.6%84

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