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There were 3,527 white students enrolled in Taylor County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.1% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Taylor County schools welcomed 3,966 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 88.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 11 schools in Taylor County, Rural Virtual Academy recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 916 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.

These achievement gaps are also reflected in graduation rates. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Meanwhile, 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.

School name	% of white students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Gilman Elementary School	97.8%	137
Gilman High School	96.5%	144
Medford Elementary School	89.6%	595
Medford High School	91.8%	685
Medford Middle School	89.8%	598
Rib Lake Elementary School	88.9%	235
Rib Lake High School	92.8%	138
Rib Lake Middle School	90.9%	99
Rural Virtual Academy	84%	1,090
Stetsonville Elementary School	87.9%	190
eSucceed Charter School	81.8%	55