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There were 12 Black students enrolled in Westfield School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 1,055 students were enrolled in the Westfield School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 1.1% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.

Westfield School District roughly covers six schools within Marquette County and has a main office in Westfield.

Among the six schools in Westfield School District, Westfield Area High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of seven students.

In Wisconsin, white students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnicity. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Graduation rates for Black and multiracial students lagged behind white students by 10%.

Even further behind, only 71.6% of Hispanic students completed their high school education during the same period, one of the lowest graduation rates in the state.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total Black Students	Black %
2022-23	1,055	12	1.1%
2021-22	1,070	10	0.9%
2020-21	1,015	10	1%
2019-20	1,048	6	0.6%
2018-19	1,061	6	0.6%
2017-18	1,070	9	0.8%
2016-17	1,050	10	1%
2015-16	1,096	9	0.8%
2014-15	1,079	4	0.4%
2013-14	1,067	6	0.6%
2012-13	1,105	11	1%
2011-12	1,122	16	1.4%
2010-11	1,142	21	1.8%
2009-10	1,223	23	1.9%
2008-09	1,208	16	1.3%
2007-08	1,268	16	1.3%