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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 2.8% 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 42 Hispanic students enrolled in Forest County schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as 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, Hispanic students comprised 2.8% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the seven schools in Forest County, Crandon High School and Wabeno Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of nine 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 Hispanic students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Crandon Elementary School2%403
Crandon High School3.7%242
Crandon Middle School2.7%187
Laona High School1.6%129
Robinson Elementary School0.6%163
Wabeno Elementary School4.3%212
Wabeno High School4.5%179

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