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
Data showed that Iron County welcomed 669 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 90.7% of the student body, making them the most represented ethnicity in the county districts.
Among the two districts in Iron County, Hurley School District recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 507 students.
The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Iron County.
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.
| District | % of white Students | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Hurley School District | 92.9% | 546 |
| Mercer School District | 81.3% | 123 |
Alerts Sign-up