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There were 250 American Indian students enrolled in Oneida County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Oneida County welcomed 4,035 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 6.2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in Oneida County, Lakeland High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 179 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.

School name	% of American Indian students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Central Elementary School	2.4%	251
Crescent Elementary School	0.8%	376
James Williams Middle School	2.8%	472
Lakeland High School	24.8%	721
Lakeland STAR Academy (LSA)	20.8%	24
Minocqua Elementary School	3.1%	549
Pelican Elementary School	1.8%	282
Rhinelander High School	2.4%	749
Sugar Camp Elementary School	0.8%	119
Three Lakes Elementary School	0.6%	161
Three Lakes High School	1.3%	152