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
Data showed that 1,037 students were enrolled in the Westby Area School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 0.4% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.
Westby Area School District roughly covers seven schools within Vernon County and has a main office in Westby.
Among the seven schools in Westby Area School District, Westby High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of three 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.
| Year | Total District Enrollment | Total Black Students | Black % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,037 | 4 | 0.4% |
| 2021-22 | 1,012 | 4 | 0.4% |
| 2020-21 | 1,044 | 6 | 0.6% |
| 2019-20 | 1,061 | 2 | 0.2% |
| 2018-19 | 1,102 | 3 | 0.3% |
| 2017-18 | 1,113 | 3 | 0.3% |
| 2016-17 | 1,139 | 4 | 0.4% |
| 2015-16 | 1,155 | 2 | 0.2% |
| 2014-15 | 1,136 | 4 | 0.4% |
| 2013-14 | 1,142 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 2012-13 | 1,117 | 7 | 0.6% |
| 2011-12 | 1,138 | 9 | 0.8% |
| 2010-11 | 1,128 | 7 | 0.6% |
| 2009-10 | 1,127 | 10 | 0.9% |
| 2008-09 | 1,142 | 10 | 0.9% |
| 2007-08 | 1,176 | 6 | 0.5% |
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