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The majority of students in Outagamie County districts were white in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 34,242 students attending Outagamie County district schools, 74.6% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnic group among Outagamie County's districts, making up 9.3% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Outagamie County districts, representing 75.8% of the student body.

Appleton Area School District had the most even distribution of races among county districts, which included 61.5% of white students, 13.1% of Hispanic students, 12.5% of Asian students, 6.7% of multiracial students, 5.4% of African American students, and 0.2% of Pacific Islander students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped to 0.8% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Outagamie 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	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Appleton Area School District	White	61.5	15,230
Freedom Area School District	White	87.7	1,539
Hortonville Area School District	White	89	4,281
Kaukauna Area School District	White	83.3	4,046
Kimberly Area School District	White	86.9	5,058
Little Chute Area School District	White	80.9	1,567
Seymour Community School District	White	75.9	1,800
Shiocton School District	White	86.5	721