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There were 137 Hispanic students enrolled in Iowa County 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 137 Hispanic students enrolled in Iowa County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.4% 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, Hispanic students comprised 4% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 15 schools in Iowa County, Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 34 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 Hispanic students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Barneveld Elementary School4.4%206
Barneveld High School0.8%128
Barneveld Middle School2.1%97
Dodgeville Elementary School4.2%383
Dodgeville High School3.7%374
Dodgeville Middle School3.5%311
Highland Community Elementary School6.8%132
Highland Community High School4.8%105
Highland Community Middle School5.9%51
Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle School7.2%473
Iowa-Grant High School8.4%203
Mineral Point Elementary School1.1%354
Mineral Point High School2.5%245
Mineral Point Middle School2.3%178
Pecatonica Elementary School1.1%184

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