Chippewa Valley Times

There were 4,942 white students enrolled in Dunn County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.6% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Dunn County schools welcomed 5,913 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 83.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Dunn County, Menomonie High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 774 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.

School name	% of white students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Boyceville High School	91.4%	209
Boyceville Middle School	91%	156
Colfax Elementary School	93.5%	368
Colfax High School	94.7%	337
Downsville Elementary School	83%	88
Elk Mound High School	88%	368
Elk Mound Middle School	85.2%	372
Knapp Elementary School	87.1%	93
Menomonie High School	79.9%	969
Menomonie Middle School	80.1%	724
Mound View Elementary School	82.7%	456
Oaklawn Elementary School	84.3%	396
Ridgeland-Dallas Elementary School	84%	75
River Heights Elementary School	66.4%	429
School District of the Menomonie Area 4K	81.5%	184
Tiffany Creek Elementary School	89.6%	328
Wakanda Elementary School	81.4%	361