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Lincoln County Education: 137 Hispanic 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 137 Hispanic students enrolled in Lincoln County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.2% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Lincoln County welcomed 4,111 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 3.3% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 12 schools in Lincoln County, Bridges Virtual Academy recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 41 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 Lincoln County in 2022-23 School Year
White [89.1%]Ethnicities <5% [5.8%]Multiracial [5.1%]
Enrollment in Lincoln County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Bridges Virtual Academy5.6%731
Kate Goodrich Elementary School3.7%375
Merrill High School3.5%803
Pine River School for Young Learners (PRSYL)3.3%150
Prairie River Middle School3.7%593
Tomahawk Elementary School1.8%554
Tomahawk High School1.4%371
Tomahawk Middle School1.8%279
Washington Elementary School3.1%229

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