How many multiracial students were enrolled in Dunn County schools in 2023-24 school year?

Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Oficial website

By Chippewa Valley Times

Oct 23, 2024

There were 233 multiracial students enrolled in Dunn County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.9% 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, multiracial students comprised 3.9% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 17 schools in Dunn County, Menomonie High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 42 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 Dunn County in 2023-24 School Year

Enrollment in Dunn County Schools During 2023-24 School Year

School name	% of multiracial students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Boyceville High School	1%	209
Boyceville Middle School	1.3%	156
Colfax Elementary School	1.9%	368
Colfax High School	0.6%	337
Downsville Elementary School	4.6%	88
Elk Mound High School	0.3%	368
Elk Mound Middle School	4%	372
Knapp Elementary School	8.6%	93
Menomonie High School	4.3%	969
Menomonie Middle School	4.3%	724
Mound View Elementary School	4.6%	456
Oaklawn Elementary School	6.1%	396
Ridgeland-Dallas Elementary School	6.7%	75
River Heights Elementary School	6.8%	429
School District of the Menomonie Area 4K	4.9%	184
Tiffany Creek Elementary School	2.7%	328
Wakanda Elementary School	6.1%	361