Enrollment Analysis: Black students comprised 1% of St. Croix County's student body in 2022-23 school year

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

By Chippewa Valley Times

Nov 7, 2023

There were 139 Black students enrolled in St. Croix County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.3% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that St. Croix County welcomed 14,625 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 1% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 31 schools in St. Croix County, Hudson Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 18 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 St. Croix County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment in St. Croix County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of Black students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Baldwin-Woodville High School	0.2%	505
Glenwood City Elementary School	0.3%	295
Glenwood City High School	0.5%	193
Glenwood City Middle School	2.2%	136
Greenfield Elementary School	0.7%	845
Houlton Elementary School	0.4%	225
Hudson 4K	0.6%	348
Hudson High School	0.8%	1,783
Hudson Middle School	1.6%	1,133
Hudson Prairie Elementary School	1%	509
NR4Kids	0.8%	247
New Richmond High School	1.2%	1,112
New Richmond Hillside Elementary School	1.1%	556
New Richmond Middle School	1.2%	749
New Richmond Paperjack Elementary School	0.9%	337
North Hudson Elementary School	1.8%	278
River Crest Elementary School	2.1%	373
Rock Elementary School	2%	405
Saint Croix Central Elementary School	0.9%	665
Saint Croix Central High School	0.4%	491
Saint Croix Central Middle School	0.2%	479
Saint Croix Virtual Academy Inc.	2.2%	231
Somerset Elementary School	0.9%	563
Somerset High School	0.9%	469
Somerset Middle School	0.9%	431
Viking Middle School	0.8%	391
Willow River Elementary School	1%	314