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Trempealeau County's districts student body comprised mostly of white students in 2023-24 school year

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Eleva-Strum School District Aministrator Cory Kulig (2023) | Eleva-Strum School District

Eleva-Strum School District Aministrator Cory Kulig (2023) | Eleva-Strum School District

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

Of the 5,837 students attending Trempealeau County district schools, 69.8% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnic group among Trempealeau County's districts, making up 26.2% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Trempealeau County districts, representing 70.4% of the student body.

Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District and Osseo-Fairchild 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 2% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Trempealeau 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 Trempealeau County in 2023-24 School Year

White [69.8%]Hispanic [26.2%]Ethnicities < 5% [4%]

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

DistrictMost PrevalentPercent of Total Student BodyTotal Enrollment
Arcadia School DistrictHispanic771,293
Blair-Taylor School DistrictWhite89.3615
Eleva-Strum School DistrictWhite89.6613
Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School DistrictWhite90.51,369
Independence School DistrictHispanic53.6422
Osseo-Fairchild School DistrictWhite91.9767
Whitehall School DistrictWhite75.2758

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