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Enrollment Analysis: Multiracial students comprised 2.2% of Benton School District's student body in 2022-23 school year

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Benton School District Superintendent Todd Bastian (2023) | Benton School District

Benton School District Superintendent Todd Bastian (2023) | Benton School District

There were five multiracial students enrolled in Benton School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 224 students were enrolled in the Benton School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 2.2% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the district.

Benton School District roughly covers four schools within Lafayette County and has a main office in Benton.

Among the four schools in Benton School District, Benton Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of four students.

In Wisconsin, white students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnicity. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Graduation rates for Black and multiracial students lagged behind white students by 10%.

Even further behind, only 71.6% of Hispanic students completed their high school education during the same period, one of the lowest graduation rates in the state.

Ethnicities in Benton School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [91.5%]Hispanic [5.8%]Ethnicities <5% [2.7%]
Multiracial Enrollment in Benton School District During Last 13 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal multiracial Studentsmultiracial %
2022-2322452.2%
2021-2221610.5%
2020-2120410.5%
2019-2020621%
2018-1920063%
2017-1820631.5%
2016-1723652.1%
2015-1623952.1%
2014-1525420.8%
2013-1425072.8%
2012-13248135.2%
2011-12229135.7%
2010-11237104.2%

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