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There were 3,373 white students enrolled in Oneida County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.8% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Oneida County schools welcomed 4,016 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 84% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in Oneida County, Rhinelander High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 676 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
Central Elementary School	83.8%	271
Crescent Elementary School	87.8%	368
James Williams Middle School	86.9%	472
Lakeland High School	61%	705
Lakeland STAR Academy (LSA)	38.1%	21
Lakeland STAR School - Strong Talented Adventurous Remarkable	100%	1
Minocqua Elementary School	86.3%	555
Northwoods Community Elementary School	95.6%	90
Pelican Elementary School	90.9%	265
Rhinelander High School	89.4%	756
Sugar Camp Elementary School	98.4%	123
Three Lakes Elementary School	96.4%	166
Three Lakes High School	94.5%	146
Three Lakes Junior High School	94.8%	77