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Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Chippewa County Education: 222 Hispanic students were enrolled in schools in 2023-24 school year

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Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly | underlyforwi.com

There were 222 Hispanic students enrolled in Chippewa County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.7% more than 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, Hispanic students comprised 2.7% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 27 schools in Chippewa County, Chippewa Falls High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 35 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
White [91.7%]Ethnicities <5% [8.3%]
Enrollment in Chippewa County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of Hispanic students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Bloomer Elementary School1.6%514
Bloomer High School1.8%398
Bloomer Middle School1.2%326
Boyd Elementary School1.5%68
Cadott Elementary School1.6%439
Cadott High School2.8%252
Cadott Junior High School1.9%107
Chippewa Falls High School2.4%1,451
Chippewa Falls Middle School3%1,037
Cornell Elementary School0.5%205
Cornell High School2.9%104
Cornell Middle School2.8%72
Halmstad Elementary School4.8%372
Hillcrest Elementary School4%348
Holcombe Elementary School1.6%125
Korger-Chestnut4.1%319
Parkview Elementary School4.7%359
Southview Elementary School4.4%296
Stanley Elementary School4%426
Stanley-Boyd High School2.8%320
Stanley-Boyd Middle School1.2%251
Stillson Elementary School2.4%335

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