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There were 57 Asian students enrolled in Pierce County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 11.8% more 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, Asian students comprised 0.8% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in Pierce County, River Falls High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2023-24 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.

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.

School name	% of Asian students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Ellsworth Elementary School	0.5%	745
Ellsworth High School	1%	527
Ellsworth Middle School	1.2%	348
Greenwood Elementary School	1%	401
Malone Elementary School	0.2%	477
Meyer Middle School	1%	731
Prescott High School	0.7%	424
Prescott Middle School	0.4%	274
River Falls 4 Children	1.6%	192
River Falls High School	1.2%	1,082
Rocky Branch Elementary School	0.5%	412
Spring Valley Elementary School	0.6%	329
Spring Valley High School	1.7%	182
Spring Valley Middle School	1.9%	155
Westside Elementary School	0.5%	411