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Enrollment Analysis: Multiracial students comprised 7.5% of Dane County's student body in 2022-23 school year

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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 5,791 multiracial students enrolled in Dane County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 1.5% more 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, multiracial students comprised 7.5% of the student body, making them the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 21 districts in Dane County, Madison Metropolitan School District recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 2,403 students.

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

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 Dane County in 2022-23 School Year
White [61.7%]Hispanic [14.8%]Black [9.6%]Multiracial [7.5%]Asian [6%]Ethnicities <5% [0.4%]
Enrollment in Dane County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of multiracial StudentsTotal Enrollment
Belleville School District4.9%911
De Forest Area School District6.1%4,147
Deerfield Community School District4.3%751
Madison Metropolitan School District9.5%25,237
Marshall School District7%918
McFarland School District8.1%5,484
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District6.4%7,263
Monona Grove School District6.8%3,539
Mount Horeb Area School District4.2%2,387
Oregon School District4.8%4,114
Stoughton Area School District5.9%2,757
Sun Prairie Area School District9.2%8,350
Verona Area School District6.8%5,827
Waunakee Community School District4.1%4,408
Wisconsin Heights School District5.3%749

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