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Wisconsin Heights School District Education: 40 multiracial students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

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Wisconsin Heights School District Superintendent Craig Gerlach (2023) | Wisconsin Heights School District

Wisconsin Heights School District Superintendent Craig Gerlach (2023) | Wisconsin Heights School District

There were 40 multiracial 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, multiracial students comprised 5.3% of the student body to be the second 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, Black Earth Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 25 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 Wisconsin Heights School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [88.9%]Ethnicities <5% [5.8%]Multiracial [5.3%]
Multiracial Enrollment in Wisconsin Heights School District During Last 13 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal multiracial Studentsmultiracial %
2022-23749405.3%
2021-22746405.4%
2020-21738354.7%
2019-20777364.6%
2018-19776354.5%
2017-18781253.2%
2016-17769374.8%
2015-16760364.7%
2014-15751273.6%
2013-14712202.8%
2012-13751222.9%
2011-12777202.6%
2010-11804101.2%

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