SW Wisconsin News

Among the many ethnicities represented in Juneau County schools, white was the most prevalent ethnicity among Juneau County students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 3,537 students attending Juneau County schools, 89.2% were white. Ethnicities <5% students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 10.8% of Juneau County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Juneau County, representing 88.7% of the student body.

Camp Douglas Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 89.6% white students, 3% American Indian students, 3% Asian students, 3% Hispanic students, and 1.5% multiracial students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 2.5% compared to the previous year.

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	Most Represented ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Camp Douglas Elementary School	White	89.6%	67
Grayside Elementary School	White	83.6%	225
Lyndon Station Elementary School	White	88.2%	51
Mauston High School	White	85%	381
Mauston Montessori Charter School	White	83.2%	107
N-Gage Academy	White	94.1%	34
N-Vision Learning Center	White	94.7%	76
Necedah Elementary School	White	94.3%	247
Necedah High School	White	93.2%	207
Necedah Middle School	White	91%	134
New Lisbon Elementary School	White	90.1%	334
New Lisbon Junior High/High School	White	90.7%	248
Olson Middle School	White	82.8%	233
Royall Elementary School	White	91.3%	150
Royall High School	White	91%	223
Royall Intermediate School	White	93.8%	96
West Side Elementary School	White	88.4%	267
Wonewoc - Center Elementary	White	92%	149
Wonewoc - Center High School	White	94.7%	114
Wonewoc - Center Junior High School	White	94.9%	79
Wonewoc - Center Virtual Academy	White	100%	6
iLEAD Charter School	White	78.9%	109