3,384 white students enrolled in Vernon County schools in 2023-24 school year

Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Oficial website

By SW Wisconsin News

Oct 7, 2024

There were 3,384 white students enrolled in Vernon County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.7% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Vernon County schools welcomed 3,672 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 92.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Vernon County, Westby High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 279 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.

These achievement gaps are also reflected in graduation rates. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Meanwhile, 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 Vernon County in 2023-24 School Year

Enrollment in Vernon County Schools During 2023-24 School Year

School name	% of white students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Coon Valley Elementary School	95.7%	115
De Soto High School	95.2%	124
De Soto Middle School	91.7%	108
De Soto Virtual School	100%	8
Hillsboro Elementary School	84.9%	218
Hillsboro High School	91.9%	259
Kickapoo Elementary School	95.3%	212
Kickapoo High School	94.2%	258
Kickapoo Valley Forest School	87%	54
La Farge Elementary School	90.3%	93
La Farge High School	95.6%	68
La Farge Middle School	88.6%	44
Laurel High School	84.4%	45
Prairie View Elementary School	95.9%	97
Stoddard Elementary School	94.1%	118
Vernon County Area Better Futures High School	100%	7
Viroqua Area Montessori School	91.7%	144
Viroqua Elementary School	91.4%	291
Viroqua High School	92%	301
Viroqua Middle School	90.1%	242
Westby Elementary School	91.6%	275
Westby High School	93.9%	297
Westby Middle School	92.9%	294