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There were 1,858 white students enrolled in Vilas County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Vilas County schools welcomed 2,601 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 71.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 13 schools in Vilas County, Northland Pines Elementary-Eagle River recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 450 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
Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary School	80%	509
Lac du Flambeau Elementary School	1.4%	487
North Lakeland Elementary School	94.5%	145
Northland Pines Elementary - Land O'Lakes	88.7%	53
Northland Pines Elementary School - Saint Germain	81.5%	92
Northland Pines Elementary-Eagle River	90.5%	497
Northland Pines High School	87.6%	372
Northland Pines Middle School	90.6%	170
Northland Pines Montessori Learning Center (NPMLC)	94.3%	70
Phelps Elementary School	94%	67
Phelps High School	92%	25
School of Options & Applied Research High	87.7%	73
School of Options & Applied Research Middle	95.1%	41