Chippewa Valley Times

Among the many ethnicities represented in Chippewa County schools, white was the most prevalent ethnicity among Chippewa County students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 8,539 students attending Chippewa County schools, 91.7% were white. Ethnicities <5% students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 8.3% of Chippewa County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Chippewa County, representing 91.8% of the student body.

Bloomer Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 96.6% white students, 1% Hispanic students, 1% multiracial students, 0.8% Black students, 0.4% Pacific Islander students, and 0.2% American Indian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.8% compared to the previous year.

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	Most Represented ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Bloomer Elementary School	White	96.6%	498
Bloomer High School	White	95.5%	426
Bloomer Middle School	White	96.4%	332
Boyd Elementary School	White	85.5%	62
Cadott Elementary School	White	97.3%	442
Cadott High School	White	95.4%	258
Cadott Junior High School	White	96.1%	102
Chippewa Falls High School	White	91%	1,458
Chippewa Falls Middle School	White	90.1%	1,064
Cornell Elementary School	White	94.4%	214
Cornell High School	White	93.6%	109
Cornell Middle School	White	88.9%	81
Halmstad Elementary School	White	80.2%	379
Hillcrest Elementary School	White	89.8%	374
Holcombe Elementary School	White	95.8%	118
Holcombe High School	White	94.3%	87
Jim Falls Elementary School	White	98.4%	126
Korger-Chestnut	White	88.4%	346
Parkview Elementary School	White	89%	392
Southview Elementary School	White	85.8%	310
Stanley Elementary School	White	92.7%	436
Stanley-Boyd High School	White	92.9%	339
Stanley-Boyd Middle School	White	90.1%	252
Stillson Elementary School	White	92.2%	334