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There were 82 Hispanic students enrolled in Buffalo County districts 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

There were 82 Hispanic students enrolled in Buffalo County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 5.1% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Buffalo County welcomed 1,895 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 4.3% of the student body, making them the second most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the four districts in Buffalo County, Mondovi School District recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 47 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Buffalo County.

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 Buffalo County in 2022-23 School Year
White [92.1%]Ethnicities <5% [7.9%]
Enrollment in Buffalo County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of Hispanic StudentsTotal Enrollment
Alma School District5.5%238
Cochrane-Fountain City School District3.6%560
Gilmanton School District1.5%135
Mondovi School District4.9%962

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