Madison Reporter

There were 47,392 white students enrolled in Dane County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 1.6% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Dane County welcomed 76,842 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 61.7% of the student body, making them the most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 21 districts in Dane County, Madison Metropolitan School District recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 10,166 students.

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

White students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnic group in Wisconsin. 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.

District	% of white Students	Total Enrollment
Belleville School District	84.2%	911
De Forest Area School District	81%	4,147
Deerfield Community School District	85.8%	751
Madison Metropolitan School District	40.3%	25,237
Marshall School District	66.6%	918
McFarland School District	68%	5,484
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District	66.2%	7,263
Monona Grove School District	79.2%	3,539
Mount Horeb Area School District	89.1%	2,387
Oregon School District	84.9%	4,114
Stoughton Area School District	81.1%	2,757
Sun Prairie Area School District	56.6%	8,350
Verona Area School District	61.1%	5,827
Waunakee Community School District	84%	4,408
Wisconsin Heights School District	88.9%	749