Enrollment Analysis: Pacific Islander students comprised 0.2% of Eau Claire County's student body in 2023-24 school year

Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Oficial website

By Chippewa Valley Times

Nov 4, 2024

There were 30 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Eau Claire County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 25% 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, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.2% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 36 schools in Eau Claire County, Longfellow Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2023-24 school year, with five 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

Enrollment in Eau Claire County Schools During 2023-24 School Year

School name	% of Pacific Islander students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Altoona High School	0.2%	580
Augusta High School	0.6%	164
DeLong Middle School	0.1%	861
Flynn Elementary School	0.4%	235
Lakeshore Elementary School	0.7%	299
Locust Lane Elementary School	0.3%	323
Longfellow Elementary School	1.9%	264
Manz Elementary School	0.6%	339
McKinley Charter School	0.7%	137
Memorial High School	0.1%	1,558
North High School	0.2%	1,572
Northstar Middle School	0.4%	529
Prairie Ridge Early Learning School	1.4%	289
Putnam Heights Elementary School	0.2%	422
Robbins Elementary School	0.2%	534
South Middle School	0.4%	792