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Pierce County Education: 6,736 white students were enrolled in schools in 2023-24 school year

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Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

There were 6,736 white students enrolled in Pierce County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.1% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Pierce County schools welcomed 7,519 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 89.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in Pierce County, River Falls High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 944 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.

These achievement gaps are also reflected in graduation rates. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Meanwhile, graduation rates for Black and multiracial students lagged behind white students by 10%. Even further behind, only 71.6% of Hispanic students completed their high school education during the same period, one of the lowest graduation rates in the state.

Ethnicities in Pierce County in 2023-24 School Year
White [89.6%]Ethnicities <5% [10.4%]
Enrollment in Pierce County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of white students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Ellsworth Elementary School88.3%745
Ellsworth High School91.7%527
Ellsworth Middle School89.9%348
Elmwood Elementary School94.7%132
Elmwood High School92.2%90
Elmwood Middle School97.8%90
Greenwood Elementary School87.5%401
Malone Elementary School91.4%477
Meyer Middle School88.2%731
Plum City Elementary School88.8%89
Plum City High School82.5%120
Prescott 4K93.1%72
Prescott High School90.1%424
Prescott Middle School92%274
Renaissance Charter Academy78.1%41
River Falls 4 Children89.1%192
River Falls High School87.3%1,082
River Falls Public Montessori Academy86.8%182
Rocky Branch Elementary School85.9%412
Spring Valley Elementary School96.1%329
Spring Valley High School95.6%182
Spring Valley Middle School94.2%155
Western Wisconsin Virtual Charter School (WWVC)76.9%13
Westside Elementary School90%411

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