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 Pierce County welcomed 7,624 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 six districts in Pierce County, River Falls School District recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 183 students.
The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Pierce 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 Hispanic Students | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth Community School District | 3.6% | 1,624 |
| Elmwood School District | 4.1% | 321 |
| Plum City School District | 10.8% | 240 |
| Prescott School District | 2.9% | 1,243 |
| River Falls School District | 5.3% | 3,488 |
| Spring Valley School District | 1.7% | 708 |
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