Northwoods Reporter

The majority of students in Polk County districts were white in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 6,298 students attending Polk County district schools, 90.2% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnic group among Polk County's districts, making up 3.7% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Polk County districts, representing 90.6% of the student body.

Osceola School District and Saint Croix Falls 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 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped to 5.9% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Polk 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
Amery School District	White	91	1,326
Clayton School District	White	95.3	279
Clear Lake School District	White	91.7	541
Frederic School District	White	90.1	415
Luck School District	White	92.3	379
Osceola School District	White	91.6	1,361
Saint Croix Falls School District	White	90.6	1,055
Unity School District	White	83.5	942