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River Valley School District Education: 7 Black students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

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River Valley School District Superintendent Philip Martell (2023) | River Valley School District

River Valley School District Superintendent Philip Martell (2023) | River Valley School District

There were seven Black students enrolled in River Valley School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 1,109 students were enrolled in the River Valley School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 0.6% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the district.

River Valley School District roughly covers nine schools within Sauk County and has a main office in Spring Green.

Among the nine schools in River Valley School District, River Valley High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of four students.

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 River Valley School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [92.4%]Ethnicities <5% [7.6%]
Black Enrollment in River Valley School District During Last 16 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal Black StudentsBlack %
2022-231,10970.6%
2021-221,12760.5%
2020-211,124100.9%
2019-201,19780.7%
2018-191,194171.4%
2017-181,244171.4%
2016-171,260181.4%
2015-161,251181.4%
2014-151,309171.3%
2013-141,337161.2%
2012-131,294141.1%
2011-121,316191.4%
2010-111,339151.1%
2009-101,361191.4%
2008-091,375191.4%
2007-081,419251.8%

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