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
Of the 2,916 students attending Jackson County schools, 76.5% were white. American Indian students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 11.2% of Jackson County students.
In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Jackson County, representing 75.7% of the student body.
Black River Falls High School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 66% white students, 23.2% American Indian students, 6.3% multiracial students, 3.3% Hispanic students, and 1.3% Black students.
In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county slightly decreased compared to the previous year.
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 | Most Represented ethnicity | Percent of Total Student Body | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black River Falls High School | White | 66% | 479 |
| Black River Falls Middle School | White | 70.1% | 348 |
| Forrest Street Early Learning Center | White | 68.7% | 284 |
| Lincoln Elementary School | White | 81.8% | 330 |
| Lincoln Junior-Senior High School | White | 80.2% | 257 |
| Melrose-Mindoro Elementary School | White | 90.2% | 427 |
| Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High School | White | 92.1% | 330 |
| Red Creek Elementary School | White | 67.5% | 461 |
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