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Lafayette County Education: 39 multiracial 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 39 multiracial students enrolled in Lafayette County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 34.5% 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, multiracial students comprised 1.4% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Lafayette County, Argyle Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 11 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 multiracial students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Argyle Elementary School7.2%153
Argyle High School1.3%75
Argyle Middle School1.5%65
Belmont Elementary School1.8%228
Belmont High School1.7%177
Benton Elementary School3.1%130
Benton High School1.5%65
Black Hawk Elementary School1.2%165
Black Hawk High School0.9%109
Darlington Elementary/Middle School1.1%620
Darlington High School1.1%280
Pecatonica High School0.5%207

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