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Sauk County Education: 69 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 69 Asian students enrolled in Sauk County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 14.8% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Sauk County welcomed 11,247 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 0.6% of the student body, making them the second least represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the six districts in Sauk County, Baraboo School District recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 24 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Sauk 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 Sauk County in 2022-23 School Year
White [81.3%]Hispanic [11.4%]Ethnicities <5% [7.3%]
Enrollment in Sauk County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of Asian StudentsTotal Enrollment
Baraboo School District0.9%2,701
Reedsburg School District0.3%2,650
River Valley School District0.7%1,109
Sauk Prairie School District0.5%2,720
Weston School District0.4%252
Wisconsin Dells School District0.8%1,815

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