Chippewa Valley Times

There were 10,919 white students enrolled in Eau Claire County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.9% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Eau Claire County schools welcomed 14,226 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 76.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 36 schools in Eau Claire County, Memorial High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,171 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
Altoona Elementary School	83.1%	597
Altoona High School	84.7%	580
Altoona Intermediate School	80.5%	261
Altoona Middle School	82.7%	394
Anthony Acres School	94.1%	51
Augusta Elementary School	96.1%	230
Augusta High School	87.8%	164
Augusta Middle School	94.3%	106
Chippewa Valley Montessori Charter School	87.9%	305
Davey Elementary School	77.6%	352
DeLong Middle School	71.2%	861
Eau Claire Community Sites	81.5%	469
Eau Claire Virtual School	75.9%	141
Fall Creek Elementary School	93.9%	462
Fall Creek High School	94.4%	252
Fall Creek Middle School	91.7%	192
Flynn Elementary School	71.9%	235
Lakeshore Elementary School	65.6%	299
Locust Lane Elementary School	69.7%	323
Longfellow Elementary School	49.2%	264
Manz Elementary School	73.2%	339
McKinley Charter School	62.8%	137
Meadowview Elementary School	74.7%	407
Memorial High School	75.2%	1,558
North High School	73.4%	1,572
Northstar Middle School	76.8%	529
Northwoods Elementary School	73.5%	294
Prairie Ridge Early Learning School	64%	289
Putnam Heights Elementary School	80.6%	422
Robbins Elementary School	72.1%	534
Roosevelt Elementary School	79.7%	236
Second Avenue School	61.1%	18
Sherman Elementary School	67.8%	490
South Middle School	73%	792
Wildlands Charter School	95.8%	71