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Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 87.5% of Waupaca County's student body 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 6,736 white students enrolled in Waupaca County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 0.8% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Waupaca County welcomed 7,696 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 87.5% of the student body, making them the most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the seven districts in Waupaca County, New London School District recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,813 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Waupaca 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 Waupaca County in 2022-23 School Year
White [87.5%]Hispanic [7.6%]Ethnicities <5% [4.9%]
Enrollment in Waupaca County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of white StudentsTotal Enrollment
Clintonville School District80.6%1,180
Iola-Scandinavia School District94.6%571
Manawa School District90.1%564
Marion School District90%458
New London School District86.3%2,102
Waupaca School District89.9%1,999
Weyauwega-Fremont School District87%822