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Thursday, November 21, 2024

Kenosha County Education: 44 American Indian students were enrolled in districts in 2022-23 school year

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WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

There were 44 American Indian students enrolled in Kenosha County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 2.3% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Kenosha County welcomed 25,904 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.2% of the student body, making them the second least represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 12 districts in Kenosha County, Kenosha School District recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 36 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Kenosha County.

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.

Ethnicities in Kenosha County in 2022-23 School Year
White [56.4%]Hispanic [25.2%]Black [10.3%]Multiracial [6.3%]Ethnicities <5% [1.8%]
Enrollment in Kenosha County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of American Indian StudentsTotal Enrollment
Central/Westosha UHS School District0.1%1,219
Kenosha School District0.2%19,069
Salem School District0.2%1,000
Silver Lake J1 School District0.2%438
Wilmot UHS School District0.4%949

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