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
Data showed that Winnebago County welcomed 21,739 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 5.2% of the student body, making them the third least represented ethnicity in the county districts.
Among the six districts in Winnebago County, Oshkosh Area School District recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 720 students.
The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Winnebago 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.
| District | % of Black Students | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Menasha Joint School District | 6.9% | 3,160 |
| Neenah Joint School District | 2.6% | 6,527 |
| Omro School District | 0.7% | 1,107 |
| Oshkosh Area School District | 7.9% | 9,149 |
| Winneconne Community School District | 0.5% | 1,796 |
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