Kenosha Reporter

Among the many ethnicities represented in Kenosha County schools, white was the most prevalent ethnicity among Kenosha County students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 25,903 students attending Kenosha County schools, 56.4% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 25.2% of Kenosha County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Kenosha County, representing 57.1% of the student body.

Bose Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 41% white students, 28% Hispanic students, 21.8% Black students, 8.1% multiracial students, and 1.1% Asian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.4% compared to the previous year.

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.

School name	Most Represented ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Bose Elementary School	White	41%	271
Bradford High School	Hispanic	37.7%	1,389
Brass Community School	Hispanic	33.8%	328
Brighton Elementary School	White	88.9%	198
Bristol Elementary School	White	84.3%	782
Brompton School	White	63.5%	219
Bullen Middle School	Hispanic	45.2%	693
Central High School	White	83.3%	1,219
Chavez Learning Station	Hispanic	31.2%	122
Dimensions of Learning Academy	White	54.6%	218
Edward Bain School - Creative Arts	Hispanic	46%	348
Edward Bain School - Dual Language	Hispanic	87.8%	312
Forest Park Elementary School	White	54.4%	342
Frank Elementary School	Hispanic	43.3%	326
Grant Elementary School	White	40%	190
Grewenow Elementary School	White	49.1%	273
Harborside Academy	White	53.1%	578
Harvey Elementary School	White	58.4%	269
Hillcrest School	Black	43.3%	60
Indian Trail High School and Academy	White	48.1%	1,980
Jefferson Elementary School	Hispanic	40.2%	214
Jeffery Elementary School	White	64.3%	272
Kenosha 4 Year Old Kindergarten	White	57.6%	59
Kenosha Pike School	White	55.6%	27
Kenosha School of Technology Enhanced Curriculum	White	58.4%	1,215
Kenosha eSchool K-12	White	47%	117
Lakeview Technology Academy	White	67%	394
Lakewood Elementary School	White	80.2%	278
Lance Middle School	White	56.7%	788
Lincoln Middle School	Hispanic	40.5%	449
Mahone Middle School	White	51.6%	933
McKinley Elementary School	Hispanic	41.7%	204
Nash Elementary School	White	59.9%	544
Paris Elementary School	White	86.6%	261
Phoenix Project	Black	72.7%	22
Pleasant Prairie Elementary School	White	63.9%	504
Prairie Lane Elementary School	White	77.3%	378
Randall Consolidated School	White	93%	625
Reuther Central High School	White	31.6%	354
Riverview Elementary School	White	84%	438
Roosevelt Elementary School	White	53%	457
Salem Elementary School	White	84.9%	1,000
Somers Elementary School	White	58.3%	427
Southport Elementary School	White	46.7%	285
Stocker Elementary School	White	45.7%	311
Strange Elementary School	Hispanic	41.3%	431
Tremper High School	White	53.3%	1,540
Trevor-Wilmot Grade	White	83.3%	472
Vernon Elementary School	White	40.3%	268
Washington Middle School	Hispanic	38.3%	413
Wheatland Center Elementary School	White	93.1%	612
Whittier Elementary School	White	59.2%	429
Wilmot High School	White	86.7%	949
Wilson Elementary School	Black	48.3%	116