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Enrollment Analysis: Black students comprised 0.5% of Vilas 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 12 Black students enrolled in Vilas County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 9.1% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Vilas County welcomed 2,665 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 0.5% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 13 schools in Vilas County, Northland Pines Elementary-Eagle River recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of eight 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 Vilas County in 2022-23 School Year
White [70.9%]American Indian [17.9%]Hispanic [5.3%]Multiracial [5.3%]Ethnicities <5% [0.6%]
Enrollment in Vilas County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Black students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary School0.2%521
Northland Pines Elementary-Eagle River1.6%498
Northland Pines Middle School0.6%182
Phelps Elementary School1.8%56
School of Options & Applied Research High3.1%32

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