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There were 71 American Indian students enrolled in Columbia County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 10.1% 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, American Indian students comprised 0.8% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 33 schools in Columbia County, Spring Hill Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 24 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.

School name	% of American Indian students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Lodi High School	0.7%	451
Muir Elementary School	0.2%	422
Pardeeville Elementary School	0.3%	355
Pardeeville High School	0.4%	266
Pardeeville Middle School	0.4%	244
Portage Academy of Achievement	4%	25
Portage High School	0.7%	706
Portage Partnering Preschool	1.4%	148
Poynette Elementary School	0.2%	412
Poynette High School	1.3%	307
Poynette Middle School	0.7%	276
Spring Hill Elementary School	4%	608
Wayne Bartels Middle School	1%	406
Wisconsin Dells Middle School	5.4%	387