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La Crosse County Education: 7 Pacific Islander 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 seven Pacific Islander students enrolled in La Crosse 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 La Crosse County welcomed 15,378 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander students comprised 0% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 38 schools in La Crosse County, Holmen Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of two 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 Pacific Islander students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Central High School0.1%1,008
Holmen Middle School0.2%892
Onalaska High School0.1%933
Viking Elementary School0.3%384
West Salem High School0.2%605
West Salem Middle School0.2%564

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