Chippewa Valley Times

There were 40 multiracial students enrolled in Somerset School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 1,463 students were enrolled in the Somerset School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 2.7% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.

Somerset School District roughly covers three schools within St. Croix County and has a main office in Somerset.

Among the three schools in Somerset School District, Somerset Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 22 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	1,463	40	2.7%
2021-22	1,455	32	2.2%
2020-21	1,466	29	2%
2019-20	1,509	32	2.1%
2018-19	1,499	24	1.6%
2017-18	1,537	20	1.3%
2016-17	1,574	21	1.3%
2015-16	1,579	18	1.1%
2014-15	1,585	12	0.8%
2013-14	1,590	5	0.3%
2012-13	1,584	4	0.3%
2011-12	1,618	3	0.2%
2010-11	1,653	14	0.9%