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 1,861 students were enrolled in the West Salem School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 0.6% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the district.
West Salem School District roughly covers three schools within La Crosse County and has a main office in West Salem.
Among the three schools in West Salem School District, West Salem Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of five students.
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.
| Year | Total District Enrollment | Total Black Students | Black % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,861 | 11 | 0.6% |
| 2021-22 | 1,833 | 9 | 0.5% |
| 2020-21 | 1,782 | 11 | 0.6% |
| 2019-20 | 1,838 | 15 | 0.8% |
| 2018-19 | 1,797 | 18 | 1% |
| 2017-18 | 1,823 | 16 | 0.9% |
| 2016-17 | 1,810 | 14 | 0.8% |
| 2015-16 | 1,768 | 16 | 0.9% |
| 2014-15 | 1,775 | 23 | 1.3% |
| 2013-14 | 1,808 | 28 | 1.6% |
| 2012-13 | 1,809 | 24 | 1.3% |
| 2011-12 | 1,801 | 24 | 1.3% |
| 2010-11 | 1,812 | 18 | 1% |
| 2009-10 | 1,754 | 29 | 1.7% |
| 2008-09 | 1,648 | 29 | 1.8% |
| 2007-08 | 1,674 | 24 | 1.4% |
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