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There were 24 American Indian students enrolled in Trempealeau County 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 24 American Indian students enrolled in Trempealeau County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.3% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Trempealeau County welcomed 5,957 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.4% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 21 schools in Trempealeau County, Whitehall Memorial Junior/Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of seven 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 Trempealeau County in 2022-23 School Year
White [70.4%]Hispanic [25.9%]Ethnicities <5% [3.7%]
Enrollment in Trempealeau County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of American Indian students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Blair-Taylor Middle/High School0.3%327
Galesville Elementary School0.4%257
Osseo-Fairchild Elementary School1.3%390
Osseo-Fairchild High School1.2%257
Osseo-Fairchild Middle School1.9%159
Whitehall Memorial Elementary School0.9%435
Whitehall Memorial Junior/Senior High School2.1%338