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There were 40 Black students enrolled in Rhinelander School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 2,288 students were enrolled in the Rhinelander School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 1.7% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.

Rhinelander School District roughly covers nine schools within Oneida County and has a main office in Rhinelander.

Among the nine schools in Rhinelander School District, Rhinelander High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 15 students.

In Wisconsin, white students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnicity. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Graduation rates for Black and multiracial students lagged behind white students by 10%.

Even further behind, only 71.6% of Hispanic students completed their high school education during the same period, one of the lowest graduation rates in the state.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total Black Students	Black %
2022-23	2,288	40	1.8%
2021-22	2,308	41	1.8%
2020-21	2,259	34	1.5%
2019-20	2,403	38	1.6%
2018-19	2,350	40	1.7%
2017-18	2,377	40	1.7%
2016-17	2,297	41	1.8%
2015-16	2,424	37	1.5%
2014-15	2,454	34	1.4%
2013-14	2,412	32	1.3%
2012-13	2,461	37	1.5%
2011-12	2,495	35	1.4%
2010-11	2,606	35	1.3%
2009-10	2,601	31	1.2%
2008-09	2,721	38	1.4%
2007-08	2,774	32	1.2%