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Vernon County Education: 7 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 seven Asian students enrolled in Vernon County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 61.1% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Vernon County welcomed 3,739 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 0.2% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Vernon County, Viroqua Area Montessori School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of two 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 Vernon County in 2022-23 School Year
White [93%]Ethnicities <5% [7%]
Enrollment in Vernon County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Asian students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Hillsboro Elementary School0.4%230
Kickapoo High School0.4%265
Prairie View Elementary School0.9%112
Viroqua Area Montessori School1.4%145
Westby Elementary School0.4%283
Westby High School0.3%300

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