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Lafayette County Education: 7 American Indian 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 American Indian students enrolled in Lafayette County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 16.7% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Lafayette County welcomed 2,703 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Lafayette County, Argyle Elementary School and Belmont High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian 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 Lafayette County in 2022-23 School Year
White [82.8%]Hispanic [15.1%]Ethnicities <5% [2.1%]
Enrollment in Lafayette County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of American Indian students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Argyle Elementary School1.3%153
Argyle High School1.3%75
Belmont High School1.1%177
Darlington Elementary/Middle School0.2%620
Darlington High School0.4%280

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