There were 702 Hispanic 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 12, 2023

There were 702 Hispanic students enrolled in Columbia County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.8% more 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, Hispanic students comprised 8.1% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 33 schools in Columbia County, Spring Hill Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 108 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 Hispanic students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Cambria Friesland Elementary School	15%	147
Cambria Friesland Middle/High School	16.1%	162
Columbus Elementary School	6.6%	438
Columbus High School	6.5%	385
Columbus Middle School	10.9%	265
Discovery Charter School	11%	73
Fall River Elementary School	6.8%	234
Fall River High School	9.1%	265
Lewiston Elementary School	4.3%	94
Lodi Elementary School	4.8%	230
Lodi High School	4.9%	451
Lodi Middle School	5.1%	335
Lodi Primary School	4.8%	395
Muir Elementary School	10.7%	422
Ouisconsing School of Collaboration	2.5%	80
Pardeeville Elementary School	2%	355
Pardeeville High School	3.8%	266
Pardeeville Middle School	2.5%	244
Portage Academy of Achievement	4%	25
Portage High School	9.8%	706
Portage Partnering Preschool	9.5%	148
Poynette Elementary School	2.9%	412
Poynette High School	2%	307
Poynette Middle School	5.1%	276
Rio Elementary School	2.4%	170
Rio Middle/High School	2.6%	190
Spring Hill Elementary School	17.8%	608
Wayne Bartels Middle School	9.9%	406
Wisconsin Dells Middle School	22.5%	387
Woodridge Elementary School	9.1%	220