Madison Reporter

There were 871 Asian students enrolled in Sun Prairie Area School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 8,350 students were enrolled in the Sun Prairie Area School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 10.4% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the district.

Sun Prairie Area School District roughly covers 19 schools within Dane County and has a main office in Sun Prairie.

Among the 19 schools in Sun Prairie Area School District, Sun Prairie West High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 161 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total Asian Students	Asian %
2022-23	8,350	871	10.4%
2021-22	8,381	885	10.6%
2020-21	8,366	869	10.4%
2019-20	8,475	863	10.2%
2018-19	8,521	844	9.9%
2017-18	8,428	837	9.9%
2016-17	8,234	746	9.1%
2015-16	8,107	636	7.9%
2014-15	7,837	567	7.2%
2013-14	7,598	488	6.4%
2012-13	7,373	441	6%
2011-12	7,095	367	5.2%
2010-11	6,975	336	4.8%
2009-10	6,633	352	5.3%
2008-09	6,172	308	5%
2007-08	6,008	295	4.9%