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Enrollment Analysis: American Indian students comprised 26.6% 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 403 American Indian students enrolled in Forest County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 2.5% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Forest County welcomed 1,515 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 26.6% of the student body, making them the second most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the three districts in Forest County, Crandon School District recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 250 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Forest County.

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 Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of American Indian StudentsTotal Enrollment
Crandon School District30.1%832
Laona School District15.1%292
Wabeno Area School District27.9%391

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