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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Waunakee Community School District Education: 66 Black students were enrolled in schools 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 66 Black 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, Black students comprised 1.5% of the student body to be the second least 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 and Waunakee Intermediate School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 15 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.

Ethnicities in Waunakee Community School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [84%]Ethnicities <5% [8.8%]Hispanic [7.2%]
Black Enrollment in Waunakee Community School District During Last 16 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal Black StudentsBlack %
2022-234,408661.5%
2021-224,388611.4%
2020-214,304541.3%
2019-204,375521.2%
2018-194,339521.2%
2017-184,252441%
2016-174,181591.4%
2015-164,108541.3%
2014-154,031601.5%
2013-144,042671.7%
2012-133,964591.5%
2011-123,874611.6%
2010-113,701722%
2009-103,618631.7%
2008-093,529631.8%
2007-083,500561.6%

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