Chippewa Valley Times

There were 122 multiracial students enrolled in Altoona School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 1,891 students were enrolled in the Altoona School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 6.5% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Altoona School District roughly covers four schools within Eau Claire County and has a main office in Altoona.

Among the four schools in Altoona School District, Altoona Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 43 students.

In Wisconsin, white students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnicity. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Graduation rates for Black and multiracial students lagged behind white students by 10%.

Even further behind, only 71.6% of Hispanic students completed their high school education during the same period, one of the lowest graduation rates in the state.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total multiracial Students	multiracial %
2022-23	1,891	122	6.5%
2021-22	1,861	132	7.1%
2020-21	1,783	130	7.3%
2019-20	1,702	116	6.8%
2018-19	1,599	108	6.8%
2017-18	1,622	111	6.8%
2016-17	1,580	92	5.8%
2015-16	1,601	90	5.6%
2014-15	1,577	85	5.4%
2013-14	1,589	82	5.2%
2012-13	1,582	84	5.3%
2011-12	1,563	78	5%
2010-11	1,513	63	4.2%