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Outagamie County Education: 2,260 Asian students were enrolled in districts 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 2,260 Asian students enrolled in Outagamie County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 3.5% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Outagamie County welcomed 34,513 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 6.5% of the student body, making them the third most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the nine districts in Outagamie County, Appleton Area School District recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,881 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Outagamie County.

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 [75.8%]Ethnicities <5% [8.9%]Hispanic [8.8%]Asian [6.5%]
Enrollment in Outagamie County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of Asian StudentsTotal Enrollment
Appleton Area School District12.3%15,270
Freedom Area School District0.5%1,554
Hortonville Area School District1.9%4,258
Kaukauna Area School District2%4,057
Kimberly Area School District3.2%5,132
Little Chute Area School District1.3%1,582
Seymour Community School District1.1%1,928

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