NE Wisconsin News

There were 69 Hispanic students enrolled in Menominee County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 13.1% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Menominee County welcomed 987 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 7% of the student body, making them the second most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the two districts in Menominee County, Menominee Indian School District recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 69 students.

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

District	% of Hispanic Students	Total Enrollment
Menominee Indian School District	7%	987