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There were 720 Black students enrolled in Oshkosh Area School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 9,149 students were enrolled in the Oshkosh Area School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 7.9% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.

Oshkosh Area School District roughly covers 35 schools within Winnebago County and has a main office in Oshkosh.

Among the 35 schools in Oshkosh Area School District, North High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 159 students.

In Wisconsin, white students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnicity. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Graduation rates for Black and multiracial students lagged behind white students by 10%.

Even further behind, only 71.6% of Hispanic students completed their high school education during the same period, one of the lowest graduation rates in the state.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total Black Students	Black %
2022-23	9,149	720	7.9%
2021-22	9,203	658	7.2%
2020-21	9,191	607	6.6%
2019-20	9,747	606	6.2%
2018-19	9,911	559	5.6%
2017-18	9,951	520	5.2%
2016-17	9,915	447	4.5%
2015-16	9,876	365	3.7%
2014-15	9,872	331	3.4%
2013-14	9,957	333	3.3%
2012-13	10,008	310	3.1%
2011-12	10,064	279	2.8%
2010-11	10,111	285	2.8%
2009-10	10,213	401	3.9%
2008-09	10,331	380	3.7%
2007-08	10,330	370	3.6%