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There were 843 multiracial students enrolled in Eau Claire County districts 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 843 multiracial students enrolled in Eau Claire County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 3.9% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Eau Claire County welcomed 14,237 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 5.9% of the student body, making them the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the four districts in Eau Claire County, Eau Claire Area School District recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 676 students.

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

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 Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of multiracial StudentsTotal Enrollment
Altoona School District6.5%1,891
Augusta School District2%604
Eau Claire Area School District6.2%10,871
Fall Creek School District3.8%871

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