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Buffalo County Education: 80 Hispanic 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 80 Hispanic students enrolled in Buffalo County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.6% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Buffalo County welcomed 1,844 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 4.3% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 10 schools in Buffalo County, Mondovi Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 33 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 Buffalo County in 2022-23 School Year
White [92.1%]Ethnicities <5% [7.9%]
Enrollment in Buffalo County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Alma Elementary School4.6%173
Alma High School7.7%65
Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary School3.1%290
Cochrane-Fountain City High School4.1%270
Gilmanton High School5.1%39
Mondovi Elementary School6.7%493
Mondovi High School2%250
Mondovi Middle School4.2%168

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