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There were 834 American Indian students enrolled in Menominee 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 834 American Indian students enrolled in Menominee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.9% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Menominee County welcomed 957 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 87.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the four schools in Menominee County, Keshena Primary School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 370 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 Menominee County in 2022-23 School Year
American Indian [87.1%]Hispanic [7.1%]Multiracial [5.2%]Ethnicities <5% [0.6%]
Enrollment in Menominee County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of American Indian students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Keshena Primary School86.3%429
Menominee Indian High School85.4%336
Menominee Indian Middle School92.2%192

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