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Juneau County Education: 173 Hispanic 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 173 Hispanic students enrolled in Juneau County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 7% 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, Hispanic students comprised 4.9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Juneau County, Mauston High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 29 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 Juneau County in 2022-23 School Year
White [89.2%]Ethnicities <5% [10.8%]
Enrollment in Juneau County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Hispanic students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Camp Douglas Elementary School3%67
Grayside Elementary School8.4%225
Lyndon Station Elementary School5.9%51
Mauston High School7.6%381
Mauston Montessori Charter School2.8%107
N-Vision Learning Center1.3%76
Necedah Elementary School1.2%247
Necedah High School1.9%207
Necedah Middle School3.7%134
New Lisbon Elementary School3.9%334
New Lisbon Junior High/High School4%248
Olson Middle School9.9%233
Royall Elementary School4.7%150
Royall High School4%223
Royall Intermediate School5.2%96
West Side Elementary School5.6%267
Wonewoc - Center Elementary4.7%149
Wonewoc - Center High School2.6%114
Wonewoc - Center Junior High School2.5%79
iLEAD Charter School9.2%109

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