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Monroe County Education: 5,523 white students were enrolled in schools in 2023-24 school year

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Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

There were 5,523 white students enrolled in Monroe 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 Monroe County schools welcomed 6,983 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 79.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 24 schools in Monroe County, Tomah High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 766 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 Monroe County in 2023-24 School Year
White [79.1%]Hispanic [12.4%]Ethnicities <5% [8.5%]
Enrollment in Monroe County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of white students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Brookwood High School75.6%274
Cashton Elementary School87%292
Cashton Middle/High School88.1%327
Herrman Elementary School72.7%604
Innovations STEM Academy80.7%88
La Grange Elementary School79.8%406
Lemonweir Elementary School77.1%275
Miller Elementary School80.3%239
Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School80.9%330
Oakdale Elementary School82.3%79
Robert Kupper Learning Center81.1%37
Southside Early Learning Center73.5%298
Sparta Alternative Independent Learning School55.6%63
Sparta High School75.3%854
Sparta Meadowview Middle School73%706
Sparta Montessori School77.4%181
Timber PUPS Learning Center74.3%35
Tomah Area Montessori School87.3%63
Tomah High School84.9%902
Tomah Middle School82.1%681
Warrens Elementary School92.3%143
Wyeville Elementary School79.3%106

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