Kenosha Reporter

There were 42 American Indian students enrolled in Kenosha County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.5% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Kenosha County schools welcomed 25,402 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.2% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 54 schools in Kenosha County, Bullen Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2023-24 school year, with five 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.

School name	% of American Indian students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Bradford High School	0.2%	1,448
Brass Community School	0.3%	331
Bullen Middle School	0.7%	678
Central High School	0.2%	1,278
Edward Bain School - Creative Arts	0.3%	361
Frank Elementary School	0.5%	371
Indian Trail High School and Academy	0.1%	2,001
Kenosha School of Technology Enhanced Curriculum	0.3%	1,191
Lance Middle School	0.3%	783
Mahone Middle School	0.3%	919
McKinley Elementary School	0.5%	221
Nash Elementary School	0.4%	511
Pleasant Prairie Elementary School	0.2%	486
Reuther Central High School	0.3%	353
Riverview Elementary School	0.2%	429
Roosevelt Elementary School	0.4%	458
Somers Elementary School	0.2%	443
Southport Elementary School	0.7%	276
Strange Elementary School	0.2%	451
Tremper High School	0.3%	1,458
Vernon Elementary School	0.4%	249
Wilmot High School	0.2%	922