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There were 123 Black students enrolled in Calumet County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.8% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Calumet County schools welcomed 6,644 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 1.9% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 22 schools in Calumet County, Madison Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 24 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.

These achievement gaps are also reflected in graduation rates. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Meanwhile, 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.

School name	% of Black students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Berry Elementary School	2.1%	439
Brillion Elementary School	1.7%	405
Brillion High School	1.3%	315
Brillion Middle School	1%	208
Chilton Elementary School	1.1%	379
Chilton High School	1.3%	385
Chilton Middle School	0.7%	309
Hilbert Elementary School	0.6%	174
Hilbert High School	2.1%	143
Hilbert Middle School	2%	147
Horizons Elementary School	5.8%	312
Madison Middle School	4.2%	575
McKinley Elementary School	4.6%	460
New Holstein Elementary School	1.8%	440
New Holstein High School	0.6%	326
New Holstein Middle School	1.3%	231
Stockbridge High School	1.8%	56
Sunrise Elementary School	0.2%	444
Woodland Intermediate School	1.3%	315
Woodland School	0.2%	436