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Clark County Education: 24 American Indian students were enrolled in schools in 2023-24 school year

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Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Wikipedia

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There were 24 American Indian students enrolled in Clark County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 20% more 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, American Indian students comprised 0.5% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 21 schools in Clark County, Neillsville Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2023-24 school year, with eight 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 American Indian students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Colby Elementary School0.9%343
Greenwood Elementary School0.5%195
Loyal High School1.2%167
Neillsville Elementary School2%406
Neillsville High School0.4%242
Neillsville Middle School2.9%174
Owen-Withee Elementary School0.9%216
Owen-Withee High School0.8%131
Owen-Withee Junior High School0.9%109

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