SW Wisconsin News

The majority of students in Grant County districts were white in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 6,904 students attending Grant County district schools, 88.2% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnic group among Grant County's districts, making up 6.8% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Grant County districts, representing 90.7% of the student body.

Platteville School District had the most even distribution of races among county districts, which included 80.3% of white students, 7.8% of Hispanic students, 5.1% of African American students, 4.9% of multiracial students, and 0.1% of American Indian students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped to 0.6% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Grant County.

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.

District	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Boscobel Area School District	White	94	672
Cassville School District	White	98.2	169
Cuba City School District	White	91.6	675
Fennimore Community School District	White	92.7	836
Lancaster Community School District	White	80	999
Platteville School District	White	80.3	1,544
Potosi School District	White	96	327
River Ridge School District	White	91.3	505
Riverdale School District	White	90.2	660
Southwestern Wisconsin School District	White	94.2	517