Madison Reporter

There were 13 Black students enrolled in Deerfield Community School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 751 students were enrolled in the Deerfield Community School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 1.7% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the district.

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

Among the five schools in Deerfield Community School District, Deerfield Elementary School and Deerfield High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of five 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total Black Students	Black %
2022-23	751	13	1.7%
2021-22	726	15	2.1%
2020-21	726	16	2.2%
2019-20	761	24	3.2%
2018-19	757	22	2.9%
2017-18	757	18	2.4%
2016-17	770	22	2.9%
2015-16	775	24	3.1%
2014-15	782	23	2.9%
2013-14	791	22	2.8%
2012-13	797	17	2.1%
2011-12	833	19	2.3%
2010-11	822	18	2.2%
2009-10	819	18	2.2%
2008-09	791	18	2.3%
2007-08	726	16	2.2%
2006-07	743	16	2.2%