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Among the many ethnicities represented in La Crosse County schools, white was the most prevalent ethnicity among La Crosse County students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 15,378 students attending La Crosse County schools, 76.2% were white. Asian students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 9% of La Crosse County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in La Crosse County, representing 77% of the student body.

Bangor Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 88.1% white students, 5.5% multiracial students, 3.1% Hispanic students, 2.7% Asian students, and 0.7% Black students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.1% 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
Bangor Elementary School	White	88.1%	293
Bangor Middle/High School	White	90.5%	346
Central High School	White	72%	1,008
Coulee Montessori Charter School	White	76.9%	147
Coulee Region Virtual Academy	White	68.6%	86
Eagle Bluff Elementary School	White	70.6%	466
Emerson Elementary School	White	77.2%	311
Evergreen Elementary School	White	76.6%	342
Hamilton Elementary School	White	40.9%	154
Hintgen Elementary School	White	55.3%	246
Holmen High School	White	84.6%	1,212
Holmen Middle School	White	83.1%	892
Holmen Public Preschool	White	79.3%	198
La Crosse Offsite Preschool	White	81.7%	93
La Crosse Polytechnic School	White	82.5%	120
Lincoln Middle School	White	61.7%	277
Logan High School	White	64.5%	754
Logan Middle School	White	55.3%	369
Longfellow Middle School	White	72%	489
North Woods International School	White	56.5%	294
Northern Hills Elementary School	White	64%	489
Northside Elementary School	White	43%	256
Onalaska High School	White	72.2%	933
Onalaska Middle School	White	71.5%	673
Onalaska Prekindergarten Partner School	White	90.3%	72
Pertzsch Elementary School	White	65.8%	374
Prairie View Elementary School	White	89.2%	463
Sand Lake Elementary School	White	86.3%	388
School of Technology and Arts I	White	81.9%	116
School of Technology and Arts II	White	91.3%	23
Southern Bluffs Elementary School	White	89.3%	317
Spence Elementary School	White	67.8%	335
State Road Elementary School	White	79.4%	311
Summit Environmental School	White	68.5%	286
Viking Elementary School	White	84.6%	384
West Salem Elementary School	White	92.6%	692
West Salem High School	White	90.7%	605
West Salem Middle School	White	92.2%	564