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Among the many ethnicities represented in Marquette County schools, white was the most prevalent ethnicity among Marquette County students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 1,593 students attending Marquette County schools, 86.2% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 9% of Marquette County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Marquette County, representing 87.1% of the student body.

Endeavor Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 65.7% white students, 23.9% Hispanic students, 7.5% Black students, 1.5% Asian students, and 1.5% multiracial students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.2% compared to the previous year.

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	Most Represented ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Endeavor Elementary School	White	65.7%	67
Forest Lane Community School	White	87.7%	268
High Marq Environmental Charter School	White	93.9%	33
Montello Junior/Senior High School	White	91%	256
Montello Virtual Charter School	White	91.7%	36
Oxford Elementary School	White	85.2%	142
Westfield Area High School	White	82.8%	291
Westfield Area Middle School	White	82.9%	164
Westfield Elementary School	White	89%	336