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Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 84% of Waunakee Community School District's student body in 2022-23 school year

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Waunakee Community School District Superintendent Randy Guttenberg (2023) | Waunakee Community School District

Waunakee Community School District Superintendent Randy Guttenberg (2023) | Waunakee Community School District

There were 3,702 white students enrolled in Waunakee Community School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 4,408 students were enrolled in the Waunakee Community School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 84% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Waunakee Community School District roughly covers seven schools within Dane County and has a main office in Waunakee.

Among the seven schools in Waunakee Community School District, Waunakee High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,143 students.

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.

Ethnicities in Waunakee Community School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [84%]Ethnicities <5% [8.8%]Hispanic [7.2%]
White Enrollment in Waunakee Community School District During Last 16 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal white Studentswhite %
2022-234,4083,70284%
2021-224,3883,72184.8%
2020-214,3043,74086.9%
2019-204,3753,83687.7%
2018-194,3393,82288.1%
2017-184,2523,77588.8%
2016-174,1813,73389.3%
2015-164,1083,73590.9%
2014-154,0313,69191.6%
2013-144,0423,71892%
2012-133,9643,66692.5%
2011-123,8743,62093.4%
2010-113,7013,46793.7%
2009-103,6183,41594.4%
2008-093,5293,33794.6%
2007-083,5003,31794.8%

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