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Augusta School District Education: 5 Black students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

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Augusta School District Superintendent Ryan Nelson (2023) | Augusta School District

Augusta School District Superintendent Ryan Nelson (2023) | Augusta School District

There were five Black students enrolled in Augusta School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 604 students were enrolled in the Augusta School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 0.8% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the district.

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

Among the six schools in Augusta School District, Augusta High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of three students.

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 Augusta School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [92.7%]Ethnicities <5% [7.3%]
Black Enrollment in Augusta School District During Last 16 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal Black StudentsBlack %
2022-2360450.8%
2021-2261120.3%
2020-2157971.2%
2019-2062761%
2018-1962450.8%
2017-1862720.3%
2016-1763220.3%
2015-1662750.8%
2014-1564640.6%
2013-1467460.9%
2012-1366591.4%
2011-12666132%
2010-1166391.4%
2009-10666111.7%
2008-0964660.9%
2007-0864640.6%

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