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La Crosse County's student body comprised mostly of white students 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

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.

Ethnicities in La Crosse County in 2022-23 School Year
White [76.2%]Asian [9%]Multiracial [7.3%]Ethnicities <5% [7.5%]
Students' Most Represented Ethnicity in La Crosse County Schools in 2022-23 School Year
School nameMost Represented ethnicityPercent of Total Student BodyTotal Enrollment
Bangor Elementary SchoolWhite88.1%293
Bangor Middle/High SchoolWhite90.5%346
Central High SchoolWhite72%1,008
Coulee Montessori Charter SchoolWhite76.9%147
Coulee Region Virtual AcademyWhite68.6%86
Eagle Bluff Elementary SchoolWhite70.6%466
Emerson Elementary SchoolWhite77.2%311
Evergreen Elementary SchoolWhite76.6%342
Hamilton Elementary SchoolWhite40.9%154
Hintgen Elementary SchoolWhite55.3%246
Holmen High SchoolWhite84.6%1,212
Holmen Middle SchoolWhite83.1%892
Holmen Public PreschoolWhite79.3%198
La Crosse Offsite PreschoolWhite81.7%93
La Crosse Polytechnic SchoolWhite82.5%120
Lincoln Middle SchoolWhite61.7%277
Logan High SchoolWhite64.5%754
Logan Middle SchoolWhite55.3%369
Longfellow Middle SchoolWhite72%489
North Woods International SchoolWhite56.5%294
Northern Hills Elementary SchoolWhite64%489
Northside Elementary SchoolWhite43%256
Onalaska High SchoolWhite72.2%933
Onalaska Middle SchoolWhite71.5%673
Onalaska Prekindergarten Partner SchoolWhite90.3%72
Pertzsch Elementary SchoolWhite65.8%374
Prairie View Elementary SchoolWhite89.2%463
Sand Lake Elementary SchoolWhite86.3%388
School of Technology and Arts IWhite81.9%116
School of Technology and Arts IIWhite91.3%23
Southern Bluffs Elementary SchoolWhite89.3%317
Spence Elementary SchoolWhite67.8%335
State Road Elementary SchoolWhite79.4%311
Summit Environmental SchoolWhite68.5%286
Viking Elementary SchoolWhite84.6%384
West Salem Elementary SchoolWhite92.6%692
West Salem High SchoolWhite90.7%605
West Salem Middle SchoolWhite92.2%564

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