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
Data showed that Vernon County welcomed 3,739 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 0.7% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 23 schools in Vernon County, Viroqua Elementary School and Viroqua High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of five 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 Black students enrollment | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| De Soto High School | 1.6% | 127 |
| Kickapoo Elementary School | 1.5% | 205 |
| Kickapoo Valley Forest School | 2.1% | 47 |
| La Farge Elementary School | 1% | 97 |
| La Farge Middle School | 4.9% | 41 |
| Viroqua Elementary School | 1.7% | 299 |
| Viroqua High School | 1.7% | 303 |
| Viroqua Middle School | 0.8% | 247 |
| Westby Elementary School | 0.4% | 283 |
| Westby High School | 1% | 300 |
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