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The majority of students in Waushara County districts were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 2,438 students attending Waushara County district schools, 76.7% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnic group among Waushara County's districts, making up 19.2% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Waushara County districts, representing 77.1% of the student body.

Wautoma Area 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 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped to 0.2% compared to the previous year.

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

District	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Tri-County Area School District	White	68.9	575
Wautoma Area School District	White	76.1	1,307
Wild Rose School District	White	86.3	556