How many American Indian students were enrolled in Dane County schools in 2023-24 school year?

Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Oficial website

By Madison Reporter

Oct 31, 2024

There were 236 American Indian students enrolled in Dane County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.9% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Dane County schools welcomed 77,279 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 171 schools in Dane County, Wisconsin Virtual Academy High (WIVA) recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 22 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.

These achievement gaps are also reflected in graduation rates. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Meanwhile, 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.

Ethnicities in Dane County in 2023-24 School Year

Enrollment in Dane County Schools During 2023-24 School Year

School name	% of American Indian students enrollment	Total Enrollment
4K PK Off Site	0.2%	594
Allis Elementary School	0.3%	357
Black Earth Elementary School	0.3%	389
C. H. Bird Elementary School	0.3%	328
Cambridge Elementary School	0.5%	419
Central Heights Middle School	1%	498
Cesar Chavez Elementary School	0.5%	652
Clark Street Community School	1%	103
Conrad Elvehjem Primary School	0.2%	473
Crestwood Elementary School	0.4%	287
De Forest High School	0.1%	1,118
Deerfield High School	1%	209
Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin High	0.3%	340
Dr. Virginia Henderson Elementary School	1.5%	463
East High School	0.2%	1,644
Eastside Elementary School	1%	417
Elvehjem Elementary School	1%	403
Emerson Elementary School	1%	317
Franklin Elementary School	0.3%	292
Glacial Drumlin School	0.5%	763
Glacier Creek Middle School	0.2%	948
Gompers Elementary School	0.9%	220
Granite Ridge School	0.2%	477
Hamilton Middle School	0.1%	768
Harvest Intermediate School	0.3%	950
Hawthorne Elementary School	1.6%	321
Horizon Elementary School	0.6%	357
Huegel Elementary School	0.2%	422
Indian Mound Middle School	0.2%	545
Innovative & Alternative High School	0.7%	139
Insight School of Wisconsin High	3.3%	150
James Wright Middle School	0.4%	259
Jefferson Middle School	0.5%	436
Kegonsa Elementary School	0.3%	303
Kennedy Elementary School	0.2%	579
Kromrey Middle School	0.2%	1,185
LaFollette High School	0.1%	1,527
Lapham Elementary School	0.5%	211
Lincoln Elementary School	0.3%	385
Lowell Elementary School	0.3%	335
Marshall High School	0.4%	284
Meadow View Elementary School	1.9%	417
Memorial High School	0.2%	2,005
Mendota Elementary School	1.1%	280
Middleton High School	0.3%	2,237
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District 4K	0.4%	252
Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School	0.2%	454
Monona Grove High School	0.4%	1,144
Mount Horeb Intermediate School	0.2%	512
Muir Elementary School	1%	418
Netherwood Knoll Elementary School	0.7%	407
Northside Elementary School	0.9%	316
Nuestro Mundo	0.7%	295
O'Keeffe Middle School	0.2%	439
Olson Elementary School	0.4%	452
Oregon 4K	0.4%	225
Park Elementary School	0.4%	250
Patrick Marsh Middle School	0.4%	572
Pope Farm Elementary School	1%	403
Prairie Phoenix Academy	1.2%	84
Prairie View Middle School	0.2%	651
Rome Corners Intermediate School	0.4%	483
Royal Oaks Elementary School	0.2%	422
Sauk Trail Elementary School	0.3%	393
Savanna Oaks Middle School	0.3%	380
Sennett Middle School	0.2%	579
Shabazz-City High School	0.9%	114
Sherman Middle School	0.3%	385
Shorewood Hills Elementary School	1.1%	382
Spring Harbor Middle School	0.7%	270
Stephens Elementary School	0.2%	482
Stoner Prairie Elementary School	0.3%	385
Stoughton High School	0.1%	864
Sun Prairie Four Kids	1.3%	301
Sun Prairie High School	0.3%	1,275
Sun Prairie West High School	0.6%	1,333
Sunset Ridge Elementary School	0.3%	298
Taylor Prairie Elementary School	0.4%	279
Thoreau Elementary School	0.5%	398
Verona Area High School	0.1%	1,789
Waubesa Intermediate School	0.4%	512
Waunakee Prairie Elementary School	0.2%	524
West High School	0.2%	2,137
West Middleton Elementary School	0.3%	338
Westside Elementary School	0.9%	443
Winnequah School	0.2%	642
Wisconsin Virtual Academy High (WIVA)	1.6%	1,423
Wisconsin Virtual Academy K-8 (WIVA)	1.6%	1,336