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38 Black students enrolled in Oneida County schools in 2023-24 school year

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Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Oficial website

Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Oficial website

There were 38 Black students enrolled in Oneida County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 17.4% 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, Black students comprised 0.9% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in Oneida County, Rhinelander High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 11 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.

Ethnicities in Oneida County in 2023-24 School Year
White [84%]Ethnicities <5% [9.7%]American Indian [6.3%]
Enrollment in Oneida County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of Black students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Central Elementary School2.2%271
Crescent Elementary School0.5%368
James Williams Middle School1.9%472
Lakeland High School0.3%705
Minocqua Elementary School0.2%555
Pelican Elementary School1.5%265
Rhinelander High School1.5%756
Three Lakes High School0.7%146
Three Lakes Junior High School2.6%77

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