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There were 129 Hispanic students enrolled in Richland County 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 129 Hispanic students enrolled in Richland County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 3.2% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Richland County welcomed 1,506 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 8.6% of the student body, making them the second most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the two districts in Richland County, Richland School District recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 113 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Richland 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 Richland County in 2022-23 School Year
White [85.7%]Hispanic [8.6%]Ethnicities <5% [5.7%]
Enrollment in Richland County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of Hispanic StudentsTotal Enrollment
Ithaca School District4.4%367
Richland School District9.9%1,139

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