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There were 42 multiracial students enrolled in Buffalo 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 42 multiracial students enrolled in Buffalo County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 20% 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, multiracial students comprised 2.3% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 10 schools in Buffalo County, Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 14 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 multiracial students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Alma Elementary School1.2%173
Alma High School1.5%65
Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary School4.8%290
Cochrane-Fountain City High School1.9%270
Gilmanton Middle School5.1%39
Mondovi Elementary School2.2%493
Mondovi High School1.2%250
Mondovi Middle School2.4%168

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