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There were 62 Black students enrolled in Waupaca County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 31.9% more 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, Black students comprised 0.8% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in Waupaca County, New London High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 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.

School name	% of Black students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Chain Exploration Center	2.3%	131
Clintonville High School	1%	401
Clintonville Middle School	2.4%	255
Fremont Elementary School	2.2%	91
Lincoln Elementary School	2.1%	239
Longfellow Elementary School	1.4%	508
Manawa Elementary School	0.4%	244
Manawa Middle School	0.9%	115
Marion High School	0.5%	202
New London High School	1.6%	674
New London Middle School	1.2%	596
Parkview Elementary School	0.4%	289
Readfield Elementary School	1.5%	134
Waupaca High School	0.7%	602
Weyauwega Elementary School	0.8%	256
Weyauwega High School	1%	290
Weyauwega Middle School	1.1%	175