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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 21.3% of Clark County's student body 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 977 Hispanic students enrolled in Clark County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.8% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Clark County welcomed 4,581 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 21.3% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 21 schools in Clark County, Abbotsford Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 273 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 Clark County in 2022-23 School Year
White [75.4%]Hispanic [21.3%]Ethnicities <5% [3.3%]
Enrollment in Clark County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Abbotsford Elementary School70.4%388
Abbotsford Middle/Senior High School56.2%404
Colby Elementary School36.3%353
Colby High School24%304
Colby Middle School45.2%217
Granton Elementary School11.8%119
Granton High School10.3%107
Greenwood Elementary School1.5%197
Greenwood High School4.9%165
Little Stars Pre-School18.2%44
Loyal Elementary School5.4%204
Loyal High School5.8%155
Loyal Middle School9%111
Neillsville Elementary School4.1%394
Neillsville High School3.4%268
Neillsville Middle School5%182
Owen-Withee Elementary School16.9%213
Owen-Withee High School7.3%123
Owen-Withee Junior High School8.5%106
Thorp Elementary School3.9%362
Thorp High School1.2%165

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