Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com
Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com
Data showed that Monroe County schools welcomed 6,983 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 12.4% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 24 schools in Monroe County, Sparta High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 164 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 Hispanic students enrollment | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Brookwood High School | 19.3% | 274 |
| Cashton Elementary School | 11.3% | 292 |
| Cashton Middle/High School | 9.5% | 327 |
| Herrman Elementary School | 19.9% | 604 |
| Innovations STEM Academy | 10.2% | 88 |
| La Grange Elementary School | 7.1% | 406 |
| Lemonweir Elementary School | 11.3% | 275 |
| Miller Elementary School | 5% | 239 |
| Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton Elementary School | 15.8% | 330 |
| Oakdale Elementary School | 5.1% | 79 |
| Robert Kupper Learning Center | 8.1% | 37 |
| Southside Early Learning Center | 19.8% | 298 |
| Sparta Alternative Independent Learning School | 31.8% | 63 |
| Sparta High School | 19.2% | 854 |
| Sparta Meadowview Middle School | 20.5% | 706 |
| Sparta Montessori School | 9.4% | 181 |
| Timber PUPS Learning Center | 8.6% | 35 |
| Tomah Area Montessori School | 4.8% | 63 |
| Tomah High School | 3.7% | 902 |
| Tomah Middle School | 5.7% | 681 |
| Warrens Elementary School | 2.8% | 143 |
| Wyeville Elementary School | 2.8% | 106 |
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