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There were 66 multiracial students enrolled in Clark 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 66 multiracial students enrolled in Clark County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 4.3% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Clark County welcomed 4,654 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 1.4% of the student body, making them the third most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the eight districts in Clark County, Colby School District recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 13 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Clark 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 Clark County in 2022-23 School Year
White [75.6%]Hispanic [21.2%]Ethnicities <5% [3.2%]
Enrollment in Clark County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of multiracial StudentsTotal Enrollment
Abbotsford School District1%798
Colby School District1.4%936
Granton Area School District3.1%226
Greenwood School District1.1%365
Loyal School District2.3%484
Neillsville School District0.8%861
Owen-Withee School District1.4%446
Thorp School District1.9%538

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