Quantcast

Kenosha Reporter

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Kenosha School District Education: 2,622 Black students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

Webp wisconsin department of public instruction jill underly 2023

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 2,622 Black students enrolled in Kenosha School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 19,069 students were enrolled in the Kenosha School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 13.8% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.

Kenosha School District roughly covers 49 schools within Kenosha County and has a main office in Kenosha.

Among the 49 schools in Kenosha School District, Bradford High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 299 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.

Ethnicities in Kenosha School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [45.7%]Hispanic [31%]Black [13.8%]Multiracial [7.4%]Ethnicities <5% [2.1%]
Black Enrollment in Kenosha School District During Last 17 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal Black StudentsBlack %
2022-2319,0692,62213.8%
2021-2219,3812,62913.6%
2020-2119,2442,59313.5%
2019-2020,7592,86513.8%
2018-1921,2333,01414.2%
2017-1821,6363,15014.6%
2016-1721,8253,15814.5%
2015-1622,1603,31615%
2014-1522,4393,39715.1%
2013-1422,6023,48115.4%
2012-1322,5703,49515.5%
2011-1222,9053,55715.5%
2010-1122,9863,56615.5%
2009-1022,9333,81616.6%
2008-0922,7723,78616.6%
2007-0822,6693,68416.3%
2006-0722,4823,57115.9%

!RECEIVE ALERTS

The next time we write about any of these orgs, we’ll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings or unsubscribe at any time.
Sign-up

DONATE

Help support the Metric Media Foundation's mission to restore community based news.
Donate

MORE NEWS