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61 American Indian students enrolled in La Crosse 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 61 American Indian students enrolled in La Crosse County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.6% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that La Crosse County schools welcomed 15,113 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.4% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 38 schools in La Crosse County, West Salem Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2023-24 school year, with 10 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 La Crosse County in 2023-24 School Year
White [75.7%]Asian [9.2%]Ethnicities <5% [7.7%]Multiracial [7.4%]
Enrollment in La Crosse County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of American Indian students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Bangor Elementary School0.3%301
Central High School0.8%1,014
Eagle Bluff Elementary School0.2%471
Hintgen Elementary School0.5%215
Holmen High School0.1%1,246
Holmen Middle School0.1%878
Holmen Public Preschool1%194
Logan High School0.7%715
Logan Middle School0.4%462
Longfellow Middle School0.5%625
Northern Hills Elementary School0.6%477
Onalaska High School0.3%926
Onalaska Middle School0.3%659
Pertzsch Elementary School1.3%385
Sand Lake Elementary School0.8%370
Spence Elementary School0.3%315
State Road Elementary School1%297
Summit Environmental School0.7%303
Viking Elementary School0.3%379
West Salem Elementary School1.5%686
West Salem Middle School0.6%549