Madison Reporter

The majority of students in Dane County districts were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 76,842 students attending Dane County district schools, 61.7% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnic group among Dane County's districts, making up 14.8% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Dane County districts, representing 62.4% of the student body.

Madison Metropolitan School District had the most even distribution of races among county districts, which included 40.3% of white students, 24.1% of Hispanic students, 18.2% of African American students, 9.5% of multiracial students, 7.6% of Asian students, and 0% of Pacific Islander students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped to 0.4% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Dane County.

White students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnic group in Wisconsin. 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.

District	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Belleville School District	White	84.2	911
De Forest Area School District	White	81	4,147
Deerfield Community School District	White	85.8	751
Madison Metropolitan School District	White	40.3	25,237
Marshall School District	White	66.6	918
McFarland School District	White	68	5,484
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District	White	66.2	7,263
Monona Grove School District	White	79.2	3,539
Mount Horeb Area School District	White	89.1	2,387
Oregon School District	White	84.9	4,114
Stoughton Area School District	White	81.1	2,757
Sun Prairie Area School District	White	56.6	8,350
Verona Area School District	White	61.1	5,827
Waunakee Community School District	White	84	4,408
Wisconsin Heights School District	White	88.9	749