Madison Reporter

There were 7,393 Black 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, Black students comprised 9.6% of the student body, making them the third most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 21 districts in Dane County, Madison Metropolitan School District recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 4,582 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 Black Students	Total Enrollment
Belleville School District	1.3%	911
De Forest Area School District	2.9%	4,147
Deerfield Community School District	1.7%	751
Madison Metropolitan School District	18.2%	25,237
Marshall School District	3.7%	918
McFarland School District	9%	5,484
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District	4.9%	7,263
Monona Grove School District	3.1%	3,539
Mount Horeb Area School District	1.1%	2,387
Oregon School District	1.6%	4,114
Stoughton Area School District	3.7%	2,757
Sun Prairie Area School District	12.2%	8,350
Verona Area School District	6.5%	5,827
Waunakee Community School District	1.5%	4,408
Wisconsin Heights School District	2.3%	749