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Among the many ethnicities represented in Price County schools, white was the most prevalent ethnicity among Price County students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 1,557 students attending Price County schools, 88.1% were white. Ethnicities <5% students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 11.9% of Price County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Price County, representing 89.5% of the student body.

Chequamegon High School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 85.8% white students, 5.1% Hispanic students, 2.8% Pacific Islander students, 2.8% multiracial students, 1.8% Asian students, 1.4% 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 2.2% 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
Chequamegon High School	White	85.8%	218
Class ACT Charter	White	81.8%	11
Park Falls Elementary School	White	77.5%	280
Phillips Elementary School	White	88.8%	329
Phillips High School	White	92.5%	214
Phillips Middle School	White	91.1%	157
Prentice Elementary School	White	93%	128
Prentice High School	White	94%	117
Prentice Middle School	White	94.2%	103