Chippewa Valley Times

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

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, making them the third least represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the six districts in St. Croix County, Hudson School District recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 64 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with St. Croix 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 Black Students	Total Enrollment
Baldwin-Woodville Area School District	0.6%	1,741
Glenwood City School District	0.8%	624
Hudson School District	1.2%	5,377
New Richmond School District	0.9%	3,554
Saint Croix Central School District	0.8%	1,866
Somerset School District	0.9%	1,463