SW Wisconsin News

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

Of the 10,221 students attending Sauk County schools, 82.5% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 10.6% of Sauk County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Sauk County, representing 82.8% of the student body.

4K Community-Based had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 68.9% white students, 23% Hispanic students, 6.6% multiracial students, and 1.6% American Indian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.5% 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
4K Community-Based	White	68.9%	61
Al Behrman Elementary School	White	77%	269
BELC--Renewal Head Start	White	57.1%	14
Baraboo Early Learning Cooperative	White	73.9%	88
Baraboo High School	White	77.8%	917
Bridges Elementary School	White	90.8%	500
East Elementary School	White	82.2%	343
Grand Avenue Elementary School	White	87.8%	410
Jack Young Middle School	White	75.8%	599
Lake Delton Elementary School	White	57.1%	217
Merrimac Community	White	95.6%	136
North Freedom Elementary School	White	85.6%	111
Pineview Elementary School	White	86.4%	382
Prairie Ridge Intermediate School	White	79%	505
Reedsburg Area High School	White	84.1%	898
River Valley Early Learning Center	White	97.3%	109
River Valley Elementary School	White	90.8%	283
River Valley High School	White	91.8%	389
River Valley Middle School	White	93.1%	317
Sauk Prairie High School	White	84.8%	864
Sauk Prairie Middle School	White	87.5%	582
Tower Rock Elementary School	White	72.4%	228
Webb Middle School	White	83.5%	586
West Elementary-Kindergarten Center	White	75.8%	62
West Side Elementary School	White	70.6%	211
Weston Elementary School	White	95.7%	140
Weston Junior High School	White	96.8%	31
Weston Senior High School	White	95.1%	81
Willson Elementary School	White	82.8%	285
Wisconsin Dells High School	White	70.7%	603