Chippewa Valley Times

There were 22 American Indian students enrolled in Dunn County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 8.3% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Dunn County welcomed 5,919 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.4% of the student body, making them the second least represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the four districts in Dunn County, Colfax School District recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 10 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Dunn County.

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.

District	% of American Indian Students	Total Enrollment
Colfax School District	1.4%	727
Elk Mound Area School District	0.3%	1,210
Menomonie Area School District	0.3%	3,290