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The majority of students in Oneida County districts were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 4,103 students attending Oneida County district schools, 85.3% were white. American Indian students were the second largest ethnic group among Oneida County's districts, making up 6.1% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Oneida County districts, representing 85.7% of the student body.

Lakeland UHS School District, Minocqua J1 School District and Rhinelander School District had the most diverse student body in the county, which included American Indian, Asian, African American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, multiracial, and white.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped to 0.7% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Oneida 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	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Lakeland UHS School District	White	62.7	745
Minocqua J1 School District	White	88	551
Rhinelander School District	White	89.3	2,288
Three Lakes School District	White	96.9	519