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Pepin County Education: 68 Hispanic students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

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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

There were 68 Hispanic students enrolled in Pepin County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.3% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Pepin County welcomed 1,233 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 5.5% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the four schools in Pepin County, Durand Middle/High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 30 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.

Ethnicities in Pepin County in 2022-23 School Year
White [92.1%]Hispanic [5.5%]Ethnicities <5% [2.4%]
Enrollment in Pepin County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Caddie Woodlawn Elementary School5.4%478
Durand Middle/High School5.8%521
Pepin Elementary School1.8%114
Pepin High School8.3%120

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