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Marinette County Education: 209 multiracial students were enrolled in 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 209 multiracial students enrolled in Marinette County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 16.1% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Marinette County welcomed 5,665 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 3.7% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 24 schools in Marinette County, Merryman Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 25 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 Marinette County in 2022-23 School Year
White [88.9%]Ethnicities <5% [6.1%]Hispanic [5%]
Enrollment in Marinette County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of multiracial students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Coleman Elementary School1.4%363
Coleman High School2.6%233
Coleman Middle School4.2%142
Crivitz Elementary School4.5%468
Crivitz High School2.7%219
Crivitz Middle School8.7%104
Marinette High School2.8%635
Marinette Middle School3.9%567
Merryman Elementary School7.1%352
Niagara Elementary School6.4%249
Niagara High School1.6%194
Park Elementary School6.6%365
Pembine Elementary School2.1%142
Peshtigo Elementary School3.8%573
Peshtigo High School1.2%339
Peshtigo Middle School3%167
Wausaukee Elementary School3.7%162
Wausaukee High School3.2%127
Wausaukee Middle School4.3%93

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