How many Black students were 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 8, 2023

There were 110 Black students enrolled in Columbia County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 10.6% 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, Black students comprised 1.3% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 33 schools in Columbia County, Muir Elementary School and Spring Hill Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 12 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 Black students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Cambria Friesland Elementary School	0.7%	147
Cambria Friesland Middle/High School	1.2%	162
Columbus Elementary School	2.3%	438
Columbus High School	1%	385
Columbus Middle School	1.9%	265
Discovery Charter School	1.4%	73
Fall River Elementary School	0.9%	234
Fall River High School	0.8%	265
Lodi Elementary School	0.9%	230
Lodi High School	0.7%	451
Lodi Middle School	0.3%	335
Muir Elementary School	2.8%	422
Ouisconsing School of Collaboration	1.3%	80
Pardeeville Elementary School	0.6%	355
Pardeeville High School	0.4%	266
Pardeeville Middle School	0.4%	244
Portage Academy of Achievement	4%	25
Portage High School	1.4%	706
Portage Partnering Preschool	2%	148
Poynette Elementary School	1.5%	412
Poynette High School	0.7%	307
Poynette Middle School	0.4%	276
Rio Elementary School	1.2%	170
Rio Middle/High School	0.5%	190
Spring Hill Elementary School	2%	608
Wayne Bartels Middle School	1.5%	406
Wisconsin Dells Middle School	2.8%	387
Woodridge Elementary School	2.3%	220