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Enrollment Analysis: Multiracial students comprised 2.5% of Iowa County's student body 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 87 multiracial students enrolled in Iowa County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.4% more 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, multiracial students comprised 2.5% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 15 schools in Iowa County, Dodgeville Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 16 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 multiracial students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Barneveld High School1.6%128
Barneveld Middle School3.1%97
Dodgeville Elementary School4.2%383
Dodgeville High School2.9%374
Dodgeville Middle School3.9%311
Highland Community Elementary School3.8%132
Highland Community High School4.8%105
Highland Community Middle School2%51
Iowa-Grant Elementary/Middle School0.2%473
Iowa-Grant High School1.5%203
Mineral Point Elementary School3.1%354
Mineral Point High School2.9%245
Mineral Point Middle School5.1%178
Pecatonica Elementary School0.5%184

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