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
Data showed that Columbia County welcomed 7,808 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 6.8% of the student body, making them the second most represented ethnicity in the county districts.
Among the nine districts in Columbia County, Portage Community School District recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 213 students.
The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Columbia County.
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.
| District | % of Hispanic Students | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Cambria-Friesland School District | 15.5% | 309 |
| Columbus School District | 7.9% | 1,167 |
| Fall River School District | 8% | 499 |
| Lodi School District | 4.8% | 1,491 |
| Pardeeville Area School District | 2.7% | 865 |
| Portage Community School District | 10.1% | 2,116 |
| Poynette School District | 3.3% | 1,001 |
| Rio Community School District | 2.5% | 360 |
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