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There were 8 multiracial students enrolled in Florence County's only district 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's only district in the 2022-23 school year, 27.3% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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, making them the second least represented ethnicity in the county's only district.

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's Only District During 2022-23 School Year
District% of multiracial StudentsTotal Enrollment
Florence County School District2.1%390

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