SW Wisconsin News

There were 22 Black students enrolled in Juneau County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 12% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Juneau County welcomed 3,537 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 0.6% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Juneau County, Necedah High School, Necedah Middle School, and New Lisbon Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of three 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
Grayside Elementary School	0.4%	225
Mauston High School	0.5%	381
Mauston Montessori Charter School	1.9%	107
Necedah High School	1.5%	207
Necedah Middle School	2.2%	134
New Lisbon Elementary School	0.9%	334
Olson Middle School	0.9%	233
Royall Elementary School	0.7%	150
Royall High School	0.5%	223
West Side Elementary School	0.4%	267
Wonewoc - Center Elementary	0.7%	149
iLEAD Charter School	1.8%	109