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889 Hispanic students enrolled in Eau Claire 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 889 Hispanic students enrolled in Eau Claire County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.3% more 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, Hispanic students comprised 6.2% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 36 schools in Eau Claire County, Memorial High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 128 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 Eau Claire County in 2023-24 School Year
White [76.8%]Asian [7.9%]Hispanic [6.2%]Multiracial [6.1%]Ethnicities <5% [3%]
Enrollment in Eau Claire County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of Hispanic students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Altoona Elementary School5.2%597
Altoona High School4.1%580
Altoona Intermediate School7.3%261
Altoona Middle School5.8%394
Anthony Acres School3.9%51
Augusta Elementary School1.3%230
Augusta High School4.9%164
Augusta Middle School3.8%106
Chippewa Valley Montessori Charter School2.6%305
Davey Elementary School2.8%352
DeLong Middle School7.4%861
Eau Claire Community Sites5.1%469
Eau Claire Virtual School7.1%141
Fall Creek Elementary School1.5%462
Fall Creek High School1.6%252
Fall Creek Middle School0.5%192
Flynn Elementary School8.5%235
Lakeshore Elementary School5%299
Locust Lane Elementary School5.6%323
Longfellow Elementary School25%264
Manz Elementary School9.1%339
McKinley Charter School8.8%137
Meadowview Elementary School4.9%407
Memorial High School8.2%1,558
North High School5.6%1,572
Northstar Middle School6.2%529
Northwoods Elementary School5.1%294
Prairie Ridge Early Learning School6.9%289
Putnam Heights Elementary School4.7%422
Robbins Elementary School7.5%534
Roosevelt Elementary School5.1%236
Sherman Elementary School5.3%490
South Middle School10.2%792
Wildlands Charter School2.8%71

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