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Tuesday, December 3, 2024

247 multiracial students enrolled in Chippewa County 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 247 multiracial students enrolled in Chippewa County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.2% less 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, multiracial students comprised 3% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 27 schools in Chippewa County, Chippewa Falls High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 52 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 multiracial students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Bloomer Elementary School1%514
Bloomer Middle School1.5%326
Boyd Elementary School2.9%68
Cadott Elementary School1.8%439
Cadott High School0.8%252
Cadott Junior High School0.9%107
Chippewa Falls High School3.6%1,451
Chippewa Falls Middle School3.7%1,037
Cornell Elementary School2.4%205
Cornell High School1.9%104
Cornell Middle School1.4%72
Halmstad Elementary School5.7%372
Hillcrest Elementary School2.6%348
Holcombe Elementary School0.8%125
Holcombe High School2.4%82
Jim Falls Elementary School2.6%117
Korger-Chestnut4.1%319
Parkview Elementary School6.7%359
Southview Elementary School5.7%296
Stanley Elementary School1.9%426
Stanley-Boyd High School2.8%320
Stanley-Boyd Middle School4%251
Stillson Elementary School2.7%335

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