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There were 42 Black students enrolled in Portage Community School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 2,116 students were enrolled in the Portage Community School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 2% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.

Portage Community School District roughly covers 15 schools within Columbia County and has a main office in Portage.

Among the 15 schools in Portage Community School District, Muir Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 12 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total Black Students	Black %
2022-23	2,116	42	2%
2021-22	2,163	60	2.8%
2020-21	2,174	63	2.9%
2019-20	2,315	66	2.9%
2018-19	2,316	61	2.6%
2017-18	2,420	67	2.8%
2016-17	2,492	57	2.3%
2015-16	2,501	61	2.4%
2014-15	2,519	60	2.4%
2013-14	2,548	58	2.3%
2012-13	2,638	55	2.1%
2011-12	2,584	46	1.8%
2010-11	2,619	45	1.7%
2009-10	2,625	45	1.7%
2008-09	2,637	38	1.4%
2007-08	2,683	49	1.8%