Chippewa Valley Times

The majority of students in Dunn County districts were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 5,919 students attending Dunn County district schools, 83.8% were white. Asian students were the second largest ethnic group among Dunn County's districts, making up 6.6% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Dunn County districts, representing 84.1% of the student body.

Elk Mound Area School District and Menomonie Area School District had the most diverse student body in the county, which included American Indian, Asian, African American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, multiracial, and white.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped to 1% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Dunn 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	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Boyceville Community School District	White	91.3	692
Colfax School District	White	93.5	727
Elk Mound Area School District	White	86.1	1,210
Menomonie Area School District	White	79.2	3,290