Monroe County: White students were most represented ethnicity in 2022-23 school year

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

By WC Wisconsin News

Dec 2, 2023

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

Of the 6,989 students attending Monroe County schools, 80.3% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 11.4% of Monroe County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Monroe County, representing 81.1% of the student body.

Brookwood High School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 77.4% white students, 20.3% Hispanic students, 1.9% multiracial students, and 0.4% Black students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.5% 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 Monroe County in 2022-23 School Year

Students' Most Represented Ethnicity in Monroe County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

School name	Most Represented ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Brookwood High School	White	77.4%	266
Cashton Elementary School	White	89.5%	296
Cashton Middle/High School	White	87.5%	329
Herrman Elementary School	White	76.3%	646
Innovations STEM Academy	White	85.3%	68
La Grange Elementary School	White	78.5%	414
Lemonweir Elementary School	White	77.2%	290
Miller Elementary School	White	82.4%	250
Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School	White	80.3%	310
Oakdale Elementary School	White	88.5%	78
Robert Kupper Learning Center	White	79.3%	29
Southside Early Learning Center	White	74.3%	292
Sparta Alternative Independent Learning School	White	61.7%	47
Sparta High Point School	White	80.5%	41
Sparta High School	White	77.5%	837
Sparta Meadowview Middle School	White	71.9%	722
Sparta Montessori School	White	79.8%	188
Timber PUPS Learning Center	White	88.6%	35
Tomah Area Montessori School	White	83.3%	66
Tomah High School	White	87.3%	868
Tomah Middle School	White	83.1%	676
Warrens Elementary School	White	92.5%	133
Wyeville Elementary School	White	74.1%	108