McFarland School District Superintendent Aaron Tarnutzer (2023) | McFarland School District
McFarland School District Superintendent Aaron Tarnutzer (2023) | McFarland School District
Data showed that 5,484 students were enrolled in the McFarland School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 9% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.
McFarland School District roughly covers 11 schools within Dane County and has a main office in McFarland.
Among the 11 schools in McFarland School District, Wisconsin Virtual Academy K-8 (WIVA) recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 231 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 | 5,484 | 491 | 9% |
| 2021-22 | 5,182 | 381 | 7.4% |
| 2020-21 | 6,091 | 481 | 7.9% |
| 2019-20 | 5,076 | 340 | 6.7% |
| 2018-19 | 4,447 | 233 | 5.2% |
| 2017-18 | 4,343 | 218 | 5% |
| 2016-17 | 4,392 | 196 | 4.5% |
| 2015-16 | 4,266 | 199 | 4.7% |
| 2014-15 | 4,304 | 185 | 4.3% |
| 2013-14 | 4,355 | 213 | 4.9% |
| 2012-13 | 4,293 | 194 | 4.5% |
| 2011-12 | 3,260 | 122 | 3.7% |
| 2010-11 | 2,976 | 136 | 4.6% |
| 2009-10 | 2,614 | 108 | 4.1% |
| 2008-09 | 2,147 | 76 | 3.5% |
| 2007-08 | 2,071 | 72 | 3.5% |
| 2006-07 | 2,017 | 61 | 3% |
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