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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.

School name	% of Hispanic students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Abbotsford Elementary School	70.4%	388
Abbotsford Middle/Senior High School	56.2%	404
Colby Elementary School	36.3%	353
Colby High School	24%	304
Colby Middle School	45.2%	217
Granton Elementary School	11.8%	119
Granton High School	10.3%	107
Greenwood Elementary School	1.5%	197
Greenwood High School	4.9%	165
Little Stars Pre-School	18.2%	44
Loyal Elementary School	5.4%	204
Loyal High School	5.8%	155
Loyal Middle School	9%	111
Neillsville Elementary School	4.1%	394
Neillsville High School	3.4%	268
Neillsville Middle School	5%	182
Owen-Withee Elementary School	16.9%	213
Owen-Withee High School	7.3%	123
Owen-Withee Junior High School	8.5%	106
Thorp Elementary School	3.9%	362
Thorp High School	1.2%	165