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42 multiracial students enrolled in Buffalo County schools in 2023-24 school year

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Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Wikipedia

Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Wikipedia

There were 42 multiracial students enrolled in Buffalo County schools in the 2023-24 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Buffalo County schools welcomed 1,832 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 2.3% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 10 schools in Buffalo County, Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 12 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 Buffalo County in 2023-24 School Year
White [92.4%]Ethnicities <5% [7.6%]
Enrollment in Buffalo County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of multiracial students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Alma Elementary School1.1%176
Alma High School1.5%69
Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary School4.2%285
Cochrane-Fountain City High School2%252
Gilmanton Elementary School4.4%46
Gilmanton Middle School4.7%43
Mondovi Elementary School2.2%495
Mondovi Middle School3.9%181

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