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
Of the 667 students attending Iron County schools, 90.7% were white. Ethnicities <5% students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 9.3% of Iron County students.
In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Iron County, representing 91.3% of the student body.
Hurley Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 91.9% white students, 4.1% multiracial students, 3.2% Hispanic students, 0.5% American Indian students, and 0.5% Black students.
In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 3.7% compared to the previous year.
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 | Most Represented ethnicity | Percent of Total Student Body | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurley Elementary School | White | 91.9% | 222 |
| Hurley High School | White | 93.5% | 324 |
| Mercer School | White | 81% | 121 |
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