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Enrollment Analysis: Pacific Islander students comprised 0.1% of Pierce County's student body 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 six Pacific Islander students enrolled in Pierce County schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Pierce County welcomed 7,624 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in Pierce County, River Falls High School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of four 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 Pierce County in 2022-23 School Year
White [90.2%]Ethnicities <5% [9.8%]
Enrollment in Pierce County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Pacific Islander students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Ellsworth Elementary School0.1%730
River Falls High School0.4%1,112
Rocky Branch Elementary School0.2%428

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