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Taylor County Education: 39 Black students were enrolled in schools 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 39 Black students enrolled in Taylor County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 39.3% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Taylor County welcomed 3,949 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 1% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 11 schools in Taylor County, Rural Virtual Academy recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 16 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 Taylor County in 2022-23 School Year
White [89.4%]Hispanic [6.1%]Ethnicities <5% [4.5%]
Enrollment in Taylor County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Black students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Medford Elementary School0.7%589
Medford High School0.7%692
Medford Middle School0.3%628
Rib Lake Elementary School0.5%223
Rib Lake High School0.8%133
Rib Lake Middle School2.3%88
Rural Virtual Academy1.5%1,037
Stetsonville Elementary School2%204
eSucceed Charter School7.6%53

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