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

Of the 1,233 students attending Pepin County schools, 92.1% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 5.5% of Pepin County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Pepin County, representing 92.5% of the student body.

Caddie Woodlawn Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 92.3% white students, 5.4% Hispanic students, 1.7% multiracial students, and 0.6% American Indian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 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
Caddie Woodlawn Elementary School	White	92.3%	478
Durand Middle/High School	White	91.4%	521
Pepin Elementary School	White	95.6%	114
Pepin High School	White	90.8%	120