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Columbia County Education: 285 multiracial students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

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

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

There were 285 multiracial students enrolled in Columbia County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.3% 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, multiracial students comprised 3.3% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 33 schools in Columbia County, Muir Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 30 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
White [85.6%]Hispanic [8.1%]Ethnicities <5% [6.3%]
Enrollment in Columbia County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of multiracial students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Cambria Friesland Elementary School1.4%147
Cambria Friesland Middle/High School1.9%162
Columbus Elementary School5.5%438
Columbus High School3.1%385
Columbus Middle School3.4%265
Discovery Charter School4.1%73
Fall River Elementary School6.8%234
Fall River High School3.4%265
Lewiston Elementary School1.1%94
Lodi Elementary School3%230
Lodi High School1.6%451
Lodi Middle School2.1%335
Lodi Primary School2.3%395
Muir Elementary School7.1%422
Ouisconsing School of Collaboration3.8%80
Pardeeville Elementary School3.7%355
Pardeeville High School2.6%266
Pardeeville Middle School2.1%244
Portage Academy of Achievement12%25
Portage High School2.7%706
Portage Partnering Preschool1.4%148
Poynette Elementary School3.4%412
Poynette High School0.7%307
Poynette Middle School1.8%276
Rio Elementary School0.6%170
Rio Middle/High School3.7%190
Spring Hill Elementary School4.3%608
Wayne Bartels Middle School3.5%406
Wisconsin Dells Middle School2.6%387
Woodridge Elementary School6.8%220

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