NE Wisconsin News

The majority of students in Forest County districts were white in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 1,466 students attending Forest County district schools, 59.1% were white. American Indian students were the second largest ethnic group among Forest County's districts, making up 26.3% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Forest County districts, representing 59.1% of the student body.

Crandon School District and Laona School District had the most diverse student body in the county, which included American Indian, African American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, multiracial, and white.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped to 3.2% compared to the previous year.

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.

District	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Crandon School District	White	54.7	808
Laona School District	White	72.1	287
Wabeno Area School District	White	58.8	371