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
Data showed that Jackson County welcomed 2,916 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 11.2% of the student body, making them the second most represented ethnicity in the county districts.
Among the three districts in Jackson County, Black River Falls School District recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 321 students.
The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Jackson 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.
| District | % of American Indian Students | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Alma Center School District | 0.7% | 587 |
| Black River Falls School District | 20.4% | 1,572 |
| Melrose-Mindoro School District | 0.4% | 757 |
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