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15 Asian students enrolled in Door County schools in 2023-24 school year

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Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

There were 15 Asian students enrolled in Door County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 21.1% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Door County schools welcomed 3,236 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 0.5% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in Door County, Sawyer Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2023-24 school year, with four 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.

These achievement gaps are also reflected in graduation rates. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Meanwhile, graduation rates for Black and multiracial students lagged behind white students by 10%. Even further behind, only 71.6% of Hispanic students completed their high school education during the same period, one of the lowest graduation rates in the state.

Ethnicities in Door County in 2023-24 School Year
White [82.6%]Hispanic [10%]Multiracial [5.5%]Ethnicities <5% [1.9%]
Enrollment in Door County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of Asian students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Gibraltar Middle School0.9%112
Sawyer Elementary School1.6%251
Sevastopol Elementary School0.5%218
Sevastopol High School0.5%187
Sevastopol Pre-School2.6%38
Sturgeon Bay High School0.5%402
Sunrise Elementary School0.5%208
Walker Middle School1%204
Washington Island Elementary School5.4%37

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