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Enrollment Analysis: American Indian students comprised 0.5% of Waupaca County's student body in 2023-24 school year

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Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

There were 39 American Indian students enrolled in Waupaca County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 15.2% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Waupaca County schools welcomed 7,433 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.5% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in Waupaca County, Clintonville High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2023-24 school year, with 10 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.

Ethnicities in Waupaca County in 2023-24 School Year
White [86.3%]Hispanic [8.4%]Ethnicities <5% [5.3%]
Enrollment in Waupaca County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of American Indian students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Clintonville High School2.5%397
Clintonville Middle School1.7%232
Iola-Scandinavia Elementary School0.3%299
Lincoln Elementary School0.4%266
Little Wolf High School1.6%193
Longfellow Elementary School1.2%513
Marion Elementary School1.3%236
Marion High School0.9%216
New London Middle School0.2%563
Parkview Elementary School0.4%274
Waupaca Community 4-Year Old Kindergarten0.8%121
Waupaca High School0.7%605
Waupaca Middle School0.4%536

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