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Enrollment Analysis: Black students comprised 1.7% of Tomah Area School District's student body in 2022-23 school year

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Tomah Area School District Superintendent Mike Hanson (2023) | Tomah Area School District

Tomah Area School District Superintendent Mike Hanson (2023) | Tomah Area School District

There were 53 Black students enrolled in Tomah Area School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 3,056 students were enrolled in the Tomah Area School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 1.7% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.

Tomah Area School District roughly covers 13 schools within Monroe County and has a main office in Tomah.

Among the 13 schools in Tomah Area School District, Tomah High School and Tomah Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 13 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 Tomah Area School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [83.5%]Ethnicities <5% [9.7%]Multiracial [6.8%]
Black Enrollment in Tomah Area School District During Last 16 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal Black StudentsBlack %
2022-233,056531.7%
2021-223,080511.7%
2020-213,041602%
2019-203,136581.9%
2018-193,121581.9%
2017-183,020561.9%
2016-172,919592%
2015-162,959551.9%
2014-152,992632.1%
2013-142,977642.2%
2012-133,088632%
2011-123,077581.9%
2010-113,149712.3%
2009-103,141782.5%
2008-092,995581.9%
2007-083,050762.5%

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