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Outagamie County Education: 39 Pacific Islander 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 39 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Outagamie County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 21.9% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Outagamie County welcomed 31,546 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 72 schools in Outagamie County, Badger Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander 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.

Ethnicities in Outagamie County in 2022-23 School Year
White [76.2%]Ethnicities <5% [8.9%]Hispanic [8.6%]Asian [6.3%]
Enrollment in Outagamie County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Pacific Islander students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
4K Center for Literacy0.3%291
Appleton Community 4K0.7%750
Badger Elementary School3.4%325
Black Creek Elementary School0.3%378
Columbus Elementary School0.8%132
Highlands Elementary School0.8%530
Houdini Elementary School0.2%546
Huntley Elementary School0.2%649
Janssen Elementary School0.3%385
Kaukauna High School0.1%1,261
Kimberly High School0.3%1,595
Mapleview Intermediate School0.2%432
North High School0.2%1,561
Stephen Foster Elementary Charter0.4%250
West High School0.2%1,157
Wilson Middle School0.3%364

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