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Clark County Education: 6 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 six Pacific Islander students enrolled in Clark County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 14.3% less 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, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 21 schools in Clark County, Owen-Withee High 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 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 Pacific Islander students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Neillsville Elementary School0.3%394
Neillsville High School0.4%268
Owen-Withee Elementary School0.5%213
Owen-Withee High School1.6%123
Owen-Withee Junior High School0.9%106

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