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Green Lake County Education: 23 Black students were enrolled in schools in 2023-24 school year

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Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

There were 23 Black students enrolled in Green Lake County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 43.8% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Green Lake County schools welcomed 2,650 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 0.9% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 10 schools in Green Lake County, Clay Lamberton Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with seven 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.

Ethnicities in Green Lake County in 2023-24 School Year
White [80.6%]Hispanic [13.8%]Ethnicities <5% [5.6%]
Enrollment in Green Lake County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of Black students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Berlin High School0.6%475
Berlin Middle School0.7%285
Clay Lamberton Elementary School1.3%537
Green Lake Elementary School0.7%152
Green Lake High School0.8%134
Markesan High School0.8%242
Markesan Intermediate School1.3%149
Markesan Middle School1.2%174
Markesan Primary School1%192
Princeton School0.3%310

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