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Enrollment Analysis: American Indian students comprised 0.4% of Dunn County's student body in 2022-23 school year

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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

There were 23 American Indian students enrolled in Dunn County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.2% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Dunn County welcomed 5,994 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.4% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Dunn County, Colfax High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of six 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 Dunn County in 2022-23 School Year
White [83.8%]Ethnicities <5% [9.7%]Asian [6.5%]
Enrollment in Dunn County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of American Indian students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Colfax Elementary School1%393
Colfax High School1.8%334
Elk Mound Middle School0.3%373
Menomonie High School0.2%1,011
Menomonie Middle School0.3%696
Mound View Elementary School0.4%493
Oaklawn Elementary School1.1%381
Ridgeland-Dallas Elementary School1.3%75
River Heights Elementary School0.2%437

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