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
Data showed that Jackson County welcomed 2,916 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 0.8% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 10 schools in Jackson County, Black River Falls High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of six 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.
| School name | % of Black students enrollment | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Black River Falls High School | 1.3% | 479 |
| Black River Falls Middle School | 1.4% | 348 |
| Forrest Street Early Learning Center | 1.8% | 284 |
| Lincoln Elementary School | 0.3% | 330 |
| Lincoln Junior-Senior High School | 0.4% | 257 |
| Melrose-Mindoro Elementary School | 0.9% | 427 |
| Red Creek Elementary School | 0.4% | 461 |
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