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

Of the 2,665 students attending Vilas County district schools, 70.9% were white. American Indian students were the second largest ethnic group among Vilas County's districts, making up 17.9% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Vilas County districts, representing 69.9% of the student body.

Woodruff J1 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 increased 0.1% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Vilas 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
Lac du Flambeau #1 School District	American Indian	81.9	515
North Lakeland School District	White	94.8	153
Northland Pines School District	White	88.6	1,391
Phelps School District	White	90.6	85
Woodruff J1 School District	White	81.2	521