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Iowa County Education: 22 Asian students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

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WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

There were 22 Asian students enrolled in Iowa County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.3% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Iowa County welcomed 3,424 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 0.6% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 15 schools in Iowa County, Dodgeville Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of eight 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.

Ethnicities in Iowa County in 2022-23 School Year
White [91.8%]Ethnicities <5% [8.2%]
Enrollment in Iowa County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Asian students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Barneveld Elementary School0.5%206
Dodgeville Elementary School2.1%383
Dodgeville High School1.6%374
Dodgeville Middle School1.3%311
Highland Community High School1%105
Mineral Point Elementary School0.3%354
Mineral Point Middle School0.6%178

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