Chippewa Valley Times

There were 68 Black students enrolled in Dunn County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 20.9% 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, Black students comprised 1.1% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Dunn County, Menomonie Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 12 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.

School name	% of Black students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Boyceville High School	1.9%	210
Colfax Elementary School	0.5%	393
Colfax High School	1.8%	334
Elk Mound High School	1.7%	344
Elk Mound Middle School	1.6%	373
Menomonie High School	1.1%	1,011
Menomonie Middle School	1.7%	696
Mound View Elementary School	0.2%	493
Oaklawn Elementary School	1.1%	381
Ridgeland-Dallas Elementary School	1.3%	75
River Heights Elementary School	1.4%	437
School District of the Menomonie Area 4K	2.5%	198
Tiffany Creek Elementary School	0.5%	379
Wakanda Elementary School	0.5%	381