Chippewa Valley Times

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

Of the 14,625 students attending St. Croix County schools, 89% were white. Ethnicities <5% students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 11% of St. Croix County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in St. Croix County, representing 89.4% of the student body.

Baldwin-Woodville High School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 90.7% white students, 5.7% Hispanic students, 2.8% multiracial students, 0.6% Asian students, and 0.2% Black students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county slightly decreased 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
Baldwin-Woodville High School	White	90.7%	505
Glenwood City Elementary School	White	91.9%	295
Glenwood City High School	White	95.3%	193
Glenwood City Middle School	White	86.8%	136
Greenfield Elementary School	White	91.5%	845
Houlton Elementary School	White	94.7%	225
Hudson 4K	White	88.2%	348
Hudson High School	White	87.7%	1,783
Hudson Middle School	White	86.9%	1,133
Hudson Prairie Elementary School	White	89.2%	509
Hudson Virtual Charter School	White	77.8%	9
NR4Kids	White	91.1%	247
New Richmond Early Childhood Special Education	White	92.9%	14
New Richmond High School	White	88%	1,112
New Richmond Hillside Elementary School	White	88.9%	556
New Richmond Middle School	White	91.9%	749
New Richmond Paperjack Elementary School	White	94.7%	337
New Richmond Starr Elementary School	White	89.1%	539
North Hudson Elementary School	White	87.8%	278
River Crest Elementary School	White	80.2%	373
Rock Elementary School	White	84%	405
Saint Croix Central Elementary School	White	88.9%	665
Saint Croix Central High School	White	91.9%	491
Saint Croix Central Middle School	White	91%	479
Saint Croix Virtual Academy Inc.	White	80.5%	231
Somerset Elementary School	White	88.8%	563
Somerset High School	White	88.9%	469
Somerset Middle School	White	93%	431
Viking Middle School	White	88.8%	391
Willow River Elementary School	White	88.9%	314