Kenosha Reporter

There were 20 Black students enrolled in Salem School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 1,000 students were enrolled in the Salem School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 2% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.

Salem School District roughly covers one school within Kenosha County and has a main office in Salem.

In Wisconsin, white students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnicity. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total Black Students	Black %
2022-23	1,000	20	2%
2021-22	1,012	20	2%
2020-21	945	23	2.4%
2019-20	1,020	21	2.1%
2018-19	969	17	1.8%
2017-18	968	22	2.3%
2016-17	969	21	2.2%
2015-16	970	17	1.8%
2014-15	1,012	19	1.9%
2013-14	996	20	2%
2012-13	1,027	17	1.7%
2011-12	1,042	10	1%
2010-11	1,052	13	1.2%
2009-10	998	22	2.2%
2008-09	1,029	20	1.9%
2007-08	1,066	21	2%