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There were 67 American Indian students enrolled in Columbia County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 5.6% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Columbia County schools welcomed 8,633 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.8% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 33 schools in Columbia County, Spring Hill Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 25 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.

These achievement gaps are also reflected in graduation rates. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Meanwhile, 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.

School name	% of American Indian students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Lodi High School	0.4%	451
Pardeeville Elementary School	0.6%	330
Pardeeville High School	0.7%	274
Pardeeville Middle School	0.4%	258
Portage High School	0.8%	647
Poynette High School	1%	300
Poynette Middle School	0.7%	278
Spring Hill Elementary School	3.8%	654
Wayne Bartels Middle School	1%	409
Wisconsin Dells Middle School	5.3%	378
Woodridge Elementary School	0.5%	201