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Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 59.1% of Forest County's student body 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 896 white students enrolled in Forest County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.6% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Forest County welcomed 1,515 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 59.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the seven schools in Forest County, Crandon Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 215 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 Forest County in 2022-23 School Year
White [59.1%]American Indian [26.6%]Multiracial [10%]Ethnicities <5% [4.3%]
Enrollment in Forest County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of white students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Crandon Elementary School53.4%403
Crandon High School53.7%242
Crandon Middle School56.2%187
Laona High School81.4%129
Robinson Elementary School71.2%163
Wabeno Elementary School52.4%212
Wabeno High School63.7%179

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