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Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 74.2% of Clark County's student body in 2023-24 school year

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Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Wikipedia

Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Wikipedia

There were 3,410 white students enrolled in Clark County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.3% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Clark County schools welcomed 4,594 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 74.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 21 schools in Clark County, Neillsville Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 367 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 Clark County in 2023-24 School Year
White [74.2%]Hispanic [22.1%]Ethnicities <5% [3.7%]
Enrollment in Clark County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of white students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Abbotsford Elementary School27.6%406
Abbotsford Middle/Senior High School38.9%401
Colby Elementary School60.9%343
Colby High School68.2%299
Colby Middle School55.6%223
Granton Elementary School85.9%135
Granton High School85.7%105
Greenwood Elementary School94.4%195
Greenwood High School91%155
Little Stars Pre-School68.9%45
Loyal Elementary School93.2%205
Loyal High School92.2%167
Loyal Middle School85.9%106
Neillsville Elementary School90.4%406
Neillsville High School87.2%242
Neillsville Middle School91.4%174
Owen-Withee Elementary School80.6%216
Owen-Withee High School82.4%131
Owen-Withee Junior High School81.7%109
Thorp Elementary School93.6%358
Thorp High School94.8%173

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