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Enrollment Analysis: Black students comprised 1.1% of Door County's student body in 2023-24 school year

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Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Oficial website

Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Oficial website

There were 35 Black students enrolled in Door County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 22.2% 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, Black students comprised 1.1% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in Door County, Sturgeon Bay High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 13 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 Black students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Gibraltar High School0.6%165
Sawyer Elementary School2%251
Sevastopol Elementary School0.5%218
Sevastopol High School1.1%187
Sevastopol Middle School1.4%148
Southern Door High School0.6%315
Sturgeon Bay High School3.2%402
Sunrise Elementary School1.4%208
Walker Middle School2.9%204

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