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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 10.6% of Mercer School District's student body in 2022-23 school year

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Mercer School District Superintendent Renae McMurray (2023) | Mercer School District

Mercer School District Superintendent Renae McMurray (2023) | Mercer School District

There were 13 Hispanic students enrolled in Mercer School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 123 students were enrolled in the Mercer School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 10.6% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Mercer School District roughly covers three schools within Iron County and has a main office in Mercer.

Among the three schools in Mercer School District, Mercer School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 13 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.

Ethnicities in Mercer School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [81.3%]Hispanic [10.6%]Ethnicities <5% [8.1%]
Hispanic Enrollment in Mercer School District During Last 16 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal Hispanic StudentsHispanic %
2022-231231310.6%
2021-2211298%
2020-2112975.4%
2019-20158117%
2018-1914585.5%
2017-1815174.6%
2016-1714653.4%
2015-1614742.7%
2014-1514432.1%
2013-1413821.5%
2012-1314221.4%
2011-1213510.7%
2010-1112221.6%
2009-1013721.5%
2008-0915821.3%
2007-0815810.6%

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