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There were 8 multiracial students enrolled in Florence County schools in 2022-23 school year

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WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

There were eight multiracial students enrolled in Florence County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 27.3% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Florence County welcomed 390 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 2.1% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the three schools in Florence County, Florence High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of seven 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.

Ethnicities in Florence County in 2022-23 School Year
White [91.3%]Ethnicities <5% [8.7%]
Enrollment in Florence County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of multiracial students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Florence High School5.9%118
Florence Middle School1.6%61

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