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Lafayette County Education: 40 multiracial 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 40 multiracial students enrolled in Lafayette County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 33.3% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Lafayette County welcomed 2,887 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 1.4% of the student body, making them the third most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the seven districts in Lafayette County, Argyle School District recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 13 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Lafayette 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 Lafayette County in 2022-23 School Year
White [83.8%]Hispanic [14.2%]Ethnicities <5% [2%]
Enrollment in Lafayette County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of multiracial StudentsTotal Enrollment
Argyle School District4.4%293
Belmont Community School District1.7%405
Benton School District2.2%224
Black Hawk School District0.8%359
Darlington Community School District1.1%900
Pecatonica Area School District0.5%391

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