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Iowa County Education: 22 Asian students were enrolled in districts 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 22 Asian students enrolled in Iowa County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 4.3% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Iowa County welcomed 3,240 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 0.7% of the student body, making them the second least represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the five districts in Iowa County, Dodgeville School District recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 18 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Iowa County.

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 Iowa County in 2022-23 School Year
White [91.4%]Ethnicities <5% [8.6%]
Enrollment in Iowa County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of Asian StudentsTotal Enrollment
Barneveld School District0.2%431
Dodgeville School District1.7%1,068
Highland School District0.4%288
Mineral Point Unified School District0.3%777

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