How many American Indian students were enrolled in Chippewa County schools in 2023-24 school year?

Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Oficial website

By Chippewa Valley Times

Oct 31, 2024

There were 42 American Indian students enrolled in Chippewa County schools in the 2023-24 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Chippewa County schools welcomed 8,323 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.5% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 27 schools in Chippewa County, Chippewa Falls High School and Chippewa Falls Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2023-24 school year, with eight 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.

These achievement gaps are also reflected in graduation rates. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Meanwhile, 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.

Ethnicities in Chippewa County in 2023-24 School Year

Enrollment in Chippewa County Schools During 2023-24 School Year

School name	% of American Indian students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Cadott Elementary School	0.5%	439
Cadott High School	0.4%	252
Cadott Junior High School	0.9%	107
Chippewa Falls High School	0.6%	1,451
Chippewa Falls Middle School	0.8%	1,037
Cornell Elementary School	1%	205
Cornell High School	1.9%	104
Halmstad Elementary School	1.1%	372
Hillcrest Elementary School	0.3%	348
Korger-Chestnut	0.6%	319
Parkview Elementary School	0.6%	359
Southview Elementary School	1.4%	296
Stanley Elementary School	0.2%	426
Stanley-Boyd High School	0.3%	320
Stanley-Boyd Middle School	0.4%	251
Stillson Elementary School	0.6%	335