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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Eau Claire County Education: 871 multiracial students were enrolled in 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 871 multiracial students enrolled in Eau Claire County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.1% 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, multiracial students comprised 6.1% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 36 schools in Eau Claire County, Memorial High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 79 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 multiracial students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Altoona Elementary School7.5%597
Altoona High School5.9%580
Altoona Intermediate School8.1%261
Altoona Middle School5.1%394
Anthony Acres School2%51
Augusta Elementary School2.2%230
Augusta High School2.4%164
Chippewa Valley Montessori Charter School4.9%305
Davey Elementary School6.5%352
DeLong Middle School5.5%861
Eau Claire Community Sites7.7%469
Eau Claire Virtual School9.9%141
Fall Creek Elementary School3%462
Fall Creek High School3.2%252
Fall Creek Middle School6.3%192
Flynn Elementary School8.1%235
Lakeshore Elementary School11.4%299
Locust Lane Elementary School4.6%323
Longfellow Elementary School13.3%264
Manz Elementary School7.7%339
McKinley Charter School12.4%137
Meadowview Elementary School8.4%407
Memorial High School5.1%1,558
North High School4.8%1,572
Northstar Middle School5.1%529
Northwoods Elementary School9.5%294
Prairie Ridge Early Learning School10.4%289
Putnam Heights Elementary School4.7%422
Robbins Elementary School6.7%534
Roosevelt Elementary School5.1%236
Second Avenue School5.6%18
Sherman Elementary School8%490
South Middle School5.6%792
Wildlands Charter School1.4%71

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