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There were 46 Black students enrolled in Oneida County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 8% 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, Black students comprised 1.1% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in Oneida County, Rhinelander High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 15 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 Black students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Central Elementary School	2.8%	251
Crescent Elementary School	1.3%	376
James Williams Middle School	1.7%	472
Lakeland High School	0.3%	721
Minocqua Elementary School	0.4%	549
Northwoods Community Elementary School	2.1%	97
Pelican Elementary School	1.1%	282
Rhinelander High School	2%	749
Three Lakes High School	0.7%	152
Three Lakes Junior High School	1.3%	80