Madison Reporter

There were 17 Black students enrolled in Wisconsin Heights School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 749 students were enrolled in the Wisconsin Heights School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 2.3% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.

Wisconsin Heights School District roughly covers four schools within Dane County and has a main office in Mazomanie.

Among the four schools in Wisconsin Heights School District, Wisconsin Heights High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of eight 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 Black Students	Black %
2022-23	749	17	2.3%
2021-22	746	18	2.4%
2020-21	738	21	2.9%
2019-20	777	25	3.2%
2018-19	776	27	3.5%
2017-18	781	23	2.9%
2016-17	769	31	4%
2015-16	760	29	3.8%
2014-15	751	23	3.1%
2013-14	712	20	2.8%
2012-13	751	19	2.5%
2011-12	777	19	2.5%
2010-11	804	28	3.5%
2009-10	838	28	3.3%
2008-09	862	22	2.6%
2007-08	895	20	2.2%