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There were 408 Black students enrolled in La Crosse 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 408 Black students enrolled in La Crosse County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that La Crosse County welcomed 15,378 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 2.7% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 38 schools in La Crosse County, Central High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 48 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 La Crosse County in 2022-23 School Year
White [76.2%]Asian [9%]Ethnicities <5% [7.5%]Multiracial [7.3%]
Enrollment in La Crosse County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Black students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Bangor Elementary School0.7%293
Bangor Middle/High School0.6%346
Central High School4.8%1,008
Coulee Montessori Charter School4.8%147
Coulee Region Virtual Academy8.1%86
Eagle Bluff Elementary School0.9%466
Emerson Elementary School5.1%311
Evergreen Elementary School0.3%342
Hamilton Elementary School17.5%154
Hintgen Elementary School6.1%246
Holmen High School0.6%1,212
Holmen Middle School0.6%892
Holmen Public Preschool1%198
La Crosse Offsite Preschool4.3%93
La Crosse Polytechnic School5%120
Lincoln Middle School7.9%277
Logan High School6.1%754
Logan Middle School6.5%369
Longfellow Middle School3.1%489
North Woods International School6.8%294
Northern Hills Elementary School0.8%489
Northside Elementary School9.8%256
Onalaska High School2.4%933
Onalaska Middle School1.3%673
Pertzsch Elementary School2.1%374
Prairie View Elementary School0.4%463
Sand Lake Elementary School1.3%388
School of Technology and Arts I1.7%116
School of Technology and Arts II4.4%23
Southern Bluffs Elementary School1%317
Spence Elementary School4.8%335
State Road Elementary School1.9%311
Summit Environmental School4.2%286
Viking Elementary School0.5%384
West Salem Elementary School0.4%692
West Salem High School0.5%605
West Salem Middle School0.9%564

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