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Eau Claire County Education: 322 Black students were enrolled in schools 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 322 Black students enrolled in Eau Claire County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.5% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Eau Claire County welcomed 14,288 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 2.3% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 36 schools in Eau Claire County, North High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 45 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 Eau Claire County in 2022-23 School Year
White [77.1%]Asian [8%]Hispanic [6%]Multiracial [5.9%]Ethnicities <5% [3%]
Enrollment in Eau Claire County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Black students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Altoona Elementary School1.7%646
Altoona High School1.8%564
Altoona Intermediate School1.8%280
Altoona Middle School2%401
Augusta Elementary School0.4%235
Augusta High School1.7%180
Augusta Middle School0.9%118
Chippewa Valley Montessori Charter School1%302
Davey Elementary School2.3%356
DeLong Middle School2.7%893
Eau Claire Community Sites2.5%438
Eau Claire Virtual School4.8%124
Fall Creek Elementary School0.2%445
Fall Creek High School0.4%239
Fall Creek Middle School0.5%187
Flynn Elementary School3.4%235
Lakeshore Elementary School3.7%328
Locust Lane Elementary School1%311
Longfellow Elementary School3.1%257
Manz Elementary School3.1%359
McKinley Charter School9.9%141
Meadowview Elementary School2.3%393
Memorial High School2.5%1,552
North High School2.7%1,663
Northstar Middle School2.4%501
Northwoods Elementary School2.2%318
Prairie Ridge Early Learning School3.4%236
Putnam Heights Elementary School1.7%416
Robbins Elementary School2.4%505
Roosevelt Elementary School3.1%255
Second Avenue School12.5%16
Sherman Elementary School0.6%481
South Middle School2.5%791

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