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271 multiracial students enrolled in Pierce County schools in 2023-24 school year

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Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Oficial website

Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Oficial website

There were 271 multiracial students enrolled in Pierce County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.4% 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, multiracial students comprised 3.6% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in Pierce County, River Falls High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 40 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 multiracial students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Ellsworth Elementary School5.1%745
Ellsworth High School2.5%527
Ellsworth Middle School3.5%348
Elmwood Elementary School1.5%132
Elmwood High School2.2%90
Greenwood Elementary School3.7%401
Malone Elementary School3.4%477
Meyer Middle School4%731
Plum City Elementary School1.1%89
Plum City High School5%120
Prescott 4K1.4%72
Prescott High School3.8%424
Prescott Middle School2.9%274
Renaissance Charter Academy12.2%41
River Falls 4 Children4.2%192
River Falls High School3.7%1,082
River Falls Public Montessori Academy8.8%182
Rocky Branch Elementary School6.6%412
Spring Valley Elementary School0.6%329
Spring Valley High School0.6%182
Westside Elementary School3.2%411

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