SW Wisconsin News

There were 154 American Indian students enrolled in Sauk County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.1% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Sauk County welcomed 10,221 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 1.5% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 32 schools in Sauk County, Wisconsin Dells High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 30 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.

School name	% of American Indian students enrollment	Total Enrollment
4K Community-Based	1.6%	61
Al Behrman Elementary School	1.5%	269
Baraboo Early Learning Cooperative	2.3%	88
Baraboo High School	2.8%	917
Bridges Elementary School	0.8%	500
East Elementary School	3.8%	343
Jack Young Middle School	3.5%	599
Lake Delton Elementary School	3.7%	217
North Freedom Elementary School	3.6%	111
Pineview Elementary School	1.1%	382
Prairie Ridge Intermediate School	0.8%	505
Reedsburg Area High School	0.7%	898
River Valley Elementary School	0.4%	283
River Valley Middle School	0.3%	317
Sauk Prairie High School	0.5%	864
Sauk Prairie Middle School	0.2%	582
Tower Rock Elementary School	0.9%	228
Webb Middle School	0.9%	586
West Elementary-Kindergarten Center	3.2%	62
West Side Elementary School	0.5%	211
Weston Elementary School	0.7%	140
Willson Elementary School	3.2%	285
Wisconsin Dells High School	5%	603