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139 multiracial students enrolled in Juneau County schools in 2023-24 school year

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Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

There were 139 multiracial students enrolled in Juneau County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 5.3% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Juneau County schools welcomed 3,511 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 4% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Juneau County, Mauston High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 14 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 Juneau County in 2023-24 School Year
White [89.3%]Ethnicities <5% [10.7%]
Enrollment in Juneau County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of multiracial students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Camp Douglas Elementary School6.3%64
Grayside Elementary School4.2%238
Mauston High School3.8%365
Mauston Montessori Charter School8.8%102
N-Gage Academy6.3%32
N-Vision Learning Center4.1%74
Necedah Elementary School4.5%265
Necedah High School3%200
Necedah Middle School2.2%135
New Lisbon Elementary School3.5%314
New Lisbon Junior High/High School5%240
Olson Middle School4.4%230
Royall Elementary School3.7%164
Royall High School3.4%207
Royall Intermediate School2.5%80
West Side Elementary School4.3%277
Wonewoc - Center Elementary4%175
Wonewoc - Center High School1.6%123
Wonewoc - Center Junior High School3.9%77
iLEAD Charter School4.4%92

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