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Waupaca County Education: 38 Asian students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

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WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

There were 38 Asian students enrolled in Waupaca County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 19.1% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Waupaca County welcomed 7,524 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 0.5% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in Waupaca County, New London Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of seven 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.

Ethnicities in Waupaca County in 2022-23 School Year
White [87.5%]Hispanic [7.6%]Ethnicities <5% [4.9%]
Enrollment in Waupaca County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Asian students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Clintonville High School0.5%401
Clintonville Middle School1.2%255
Iola-Scandinavia High School0.4%288
Lincoln Elementary School2.5%239
Longfellow Elementary School0.2%508
Marion Elementary School0.4%249
Marion High School1%202
New London High School0.7%674
New London Middle School1.2%596
Waupaca High School0.3%602
Waupaca Learning Center Elementary0.3%615
Waupaca Middle School1.2%521

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