There were 7,445 white students enrolled in Columbia County schools in 2022-23 school year

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

By SC Wisconsin News

Nov 24, 2023

There were 7,445 white students enrolled in Columbia County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Columbia County welcomed 8,696 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 85.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 33 schools in Columbia County, Portage High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 597 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.

Ethnicities in Columbia County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment in Columbia County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of white students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Cambria Friesland Elementary School	82.3%	147
Cambria Friesland Middle/High School	80.9%	162
Columbus Elementary School	84.5%	438
Columbus High School	87%	385
Columbus Middle School	83.4%	265
Discovery Charter School	82.2%	73
Fall River Elementary School	85.5%	234
Fall River High School	86.4%	265
Lewiston Elementary School	93.6%	94
Lodi Elementary School	88.7%	230
Lodi High School	91.1%	451
Lodi Middle School	90.2%	335
Lodi Primary School	90.4%	395
Muir Elementary School	78.4%	422
Ouisconsing School of Collaboration	90%	80
Pardeeville Elementary School	93.2%	355
Pardeeville High School	92.9%	266
Pardeeville Middle School	94.7%	244
Portage Academy of Achievement	76%	25
Portage High School	84.6%	706
Portage Partnering Preschool	85.8%	148
Poynette Elementary School	91.3%	412
Poynette High School	94.8%	307
Poynette Middle School	91.7%	276
Rio Elementary School	95.3%	170
Rio Middle/High School	92.6%	190
Spring Hill Elementary School	70.9%	608
Wayne Bartels Middle School	83%	406
Wisconsin Dells Middle School	66.2%	387
Woodridge Elementary School	81.4%	220