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How many Pacific Islander students were enrolled in Forest County schools in 2023-24 school year?

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Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Wikipedia

Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Wikipedia

There were eight Pacific Islander students enrolled in Forest County schools in the 2023-24 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Forest County schools welcomed 1,466 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.5% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the seven schools in Forest County, Robinson Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2023-24 school year, with five 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 Forest County in 2023-24 School Year
White [59.1%]American Indian [26.3%]Multiracial [10.8%]Ethnicities <5% [3.8%]
Enrollment in Forest County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of Pacific Islander students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Crandon High School0.4%237
Laona High School1.4%148
Robinson Elementary School3.6%139

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