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Enrollment Analysis: Pacific Islander students comprised 2.6% of Price County's student body in 2022-23 school year

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WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

There were 41 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Price County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 13.9% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Price County welcomed 1,557 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander students comprised 2.6% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the nine schools in Price County, Park Falls Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 28 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.

Ethnicities in Price County in 2022-23 School Year
White [88.1%]Ethnicities <5% [11.9%]
Enrollment in Price County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Pacific Islander students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Chequamegon High School2.8%218
Park Falls Elementary School10%280
Phillips Elementary School1.5%329
Phillips High School0.5%214
Phillips Middle School0.6%157

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