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There were seven Pacific Islander students enrolled in Waupaca County schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as 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, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in Waupaca County, Weyauwega High School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of two 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 Pacific Islander students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Clintonville High School	0.3%	401
Marion High School	0.5%	202
Waupaca Middle School	0.2%	521
Weyauwega Elementary School	0.4%	256
Weyauwega High School	0.7%	290
Weyauwega Middle School	0.6%	175