SW Wisconsin News

There were 407 Hispanic students enrolled in Lafayette County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 8.5% 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, Hispanic students comprised 15.1% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Lafayette County, Darlington Elementary/Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 214 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 Hispanic students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Argyle Elementary School	2.6%	153
Argyle High School	1.3%	75
Argyle Middle School	3.1%	65
Belmont Elementary School	14.9%	228
Belmont High School	7.3%	177
Benton Elementary School	6.2%	130
Benton High School	6.2%	65
Benton Middle School	3.5%	29
Black Hawk Elementary School	3%	165
Black Hawk High School	1.8%	109
Darlington Elementary/Middle School	34.5%	620
Darlington High School	26.1%	280
Pecatonica High School	0.5%	207
Shullsburg Elementary School	15%	133
Shullsburg High School	14.6%	103
Shullsburg Junior High School	12.7%	79