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Mercer School District Education: 5 multiracial students were enrolled in schools 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 five multiracial 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, multiracial students comprised 4.1% of the student body to be the least 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 multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of five 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.

Ethnicities in Mercer School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [81.3%]Hispanic [10.6%]Ethnicities <5% [8.1%]
Multiracial Enrollment in Mercer School District During Last 9 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal multiracial Studentsmultiracial %
2022-2312354.1%
2021-2211221.8%
2020-2112932.3%
2019-2015831.9%
2018-1914521.4%
2017-1815132%
2016-1714621.4%
2011-1213510.7%
2010-1112210.8%

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