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West Salem School District Education: 51 multiracial students were enrolled in schools 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 51 multiracial students enrolled in West Salem School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the 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, multiracial students comprised 2.7% of the student body to be the third most 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 multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 19 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.

Ethnicities in West Salem School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [91.9%]Ethnicities <5% [8.1%]
Multiracial Enrollment in West Salem School District During Last 13 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal multiracial Studentsmultiracial %
2022-231,861512.7%
2021-221,833543%
2020-211,782482.7%
2019-201,838502.7%
2018-191,797402.2%
2017-181,823442.4%
2016-171,810442.4%
2015-161,768331.9%
2014-151,775311.8%
2013-141,808281.6%
2012-131,809311.7%
2011-121,801221.2%
2010-111,812291.6%

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