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Buffalo County Districts: White students were most represented ethnicity in 2023-24 school year

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Alma School District Superintendent Rob Stewart (2023) | Alma School District

Alma School District Superintendent Rob Stewart (2023) | Alma School District

The majority of students in Buffalo County districts were white in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 1,890 students attending Buffalo County district schools, 92.5% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnic group among Buffalo County's districts, making up 4.4% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Buffalo County districts, representing 92.1% of the student body.

Mondovi School District had the most diverse student body in the county, which included American Indian, Asian, African American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, multiracial, and white.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped to 0.3% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Buffalo County.

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.

Ethnicities in Buffalo County in 2023-24 School Year

White [92.5%]Ethnicities < 5% [7.5%]

Students' Most Prevalent Ethnicity Percentage in Buffalo County Districts in 2023-24 School Year

DistrictMost PrevalentPercent of Total Student BodyTotal Enrollment
Alma School DistrictWhite93.9245
Cochrane-Fountain City School DistrictWhite92.1544
Gilmanton School DistrictWhite96.2130
Mondovi School DistrictWhite91.9971

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