Madison Reporter

There were 7,609 Black students enrolled in Dane County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3% 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, Black students comprised 9.8% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 171 schools in Dane County, LaFollette High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 358 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.

School name	% of Black students enrollment	Total Enrollment
4K McFarland	1.7%	120
4K PK Off Site	17.9%	594
Allis Elementary School	33.9%	357
Arboretum Elementary School	0.9%	427
Badger Ridge Middle School	5.7%	752
Badger Rock Middle School	18.2%	99
Belleville Elementary School	0.9%	533
Belleville High School	1.7%	294
Belleville Middle School	0.8%	128
Black Earth Elementary School	1%	389
Black Hawk Middle School	33.5%	376
C. H. Bird Elementary School	22%	328
Cambridge Elementary School	0.2%	419
Capital High School	45.5%	123
Central Heights Middle School	11%	498
Cesar Chavez Elementary School	11.4%	652
Cherokee Heights Middle School	13.2%	537
Clark Street Community School	2.9%	103
Conrad Elvehjem Primary School	3.6%	473
Core Knowledge Charter School	3.6%	419
Cottage Grove Elementary School	5.3%	305
Country View Elementary School	13.1%	374
Creekside Elementary School	23.5%	362
Crestwood Elementary School	11.5%	287
De Forest High School	4.5%	1,118
De Forest Middle School	1.9%	568
Deerfield Elementary School	1.4%	431
Deerfield High School	3.8%	209
Deerfield Middle School	3.8%	106
Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin High	15.6%	340
Dr. Virginia Henderson Elementary School	18.1%	463
Eagle Point Elementary School	3.9%	363
Early Childhood	10.5%	19
East High School	20.8%	1,644
Eastside Elementary School	5.3%	417
Elm Lawn Elementary School	5.7%	336
Elvehjem Elementary School	11.7%	403
Emerson Elementary School	25.6%	317
Forest Edge Elementary School	4.5%	401
Fox Prairie Elementary School	3.2%	435
Franklin Elementary School	10.3%	292
Glacial Drumlin School	4.5%	763
Glacier Creek Middle School	4.1%	948
Glacier Edge Elementary School	0.4%	462
Gompers Elementary School	24.6%	220
Granite Ridge School	4.2%	477
Hamilton Middle School	6.8%	768
Harvest Intermediate School	2.5%	950
Hawthorne Elementary School	26.2%	321
Holum Education Center	3.1%	295
Horizon Elementary School	6.7%	357
Huegel Elementary School	15.4%	422
Indian Mound Middle School	1.8%	545
Innovative & Alternative High School	48.2%	139
Insight School of Wisconsin High	18.7%	150
James Wright Middle School	29%	259
Jefferson Middle School	20.9%	436
Kegonsa Elementary School	3.3%	303
Kennedy Elementary School	35.9%	579
Koshkonong Trails School	3.6%	28
Kromrey Middle School	4.8%	1,185
LaFollette High School	23.4%	1,527
Lake View Elementary School	20.2%	287
Lapham Elementary School	20.4%	211
Leopold Elementary School	20.7%	623
Lincoln Elementary School	9.6%	385
Lindbergh Elementary School	28.2%	170
Lowell Elementary School	26.6%	335
Marquette Elementary School	18.9%	159
Marshall Early Learning Center	4%	227
Marshall Elementary School	5.2%	249
Marshall High School	3.5%	284
Marshall Middle School	4.3%	117
McFarland High School	2.3%	740
Meadow View Elementary School	15.4%	417
Memorial High School	15.5%	2,005
Mendota Elementary School	55.7%	280
Metro School	82.6%	23
Middleton High School	4.7%	2,237
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District 4K	4%	252
Midvale Elementary School	8.9%	372
Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School	20.3%	454
Monona Grove High School	4.3%	1,144
Mount Horeb Area Community 4K	0.7%	142
Mount Horeb Early Learning Center	1.4%	143
Mount Horeb High School	1.6%	776
Mount Horeb Intermediate School	0.4%	512
Mount Horeb Middle School	1%	510
Mount Horeb Primary Center	1%	308
Muir Elementary School	29.2%	418
Netherwood Knoll Elementary School	0.7%	407
New Century School	0.8%	124
Nikolay Middle School	0.5%	201
Northside Elementary School	1.6%	316
Northside Elementary School	9.1%	316
Nuestro Mundo	2.4%	295
O'Keeffe Middle School	19.4%	439
Olson Elementary School	12.2%	452
Orchard Ridge Elementary School	25.5%	247
Oregon 4K	1.3%	225
Oregon High School	2%	1,284
Oregon Middle School	2.7%	639
Park Elementary School	2%	250
Patrick Marsh Middle School	8.2%	572
Pope Farm Elementary School	2.2%	403
Prairie Phoenix Academy	26.2%	84
Prairie View Elementary School	1.5%	326
Prairie View Middle School	13.8%	651
Randall Elementary School	7.9%	316
River Bluff Middle School	4.6%	572
Rome Corners Intermediate School	1.5%	483
Royal Oaks Elementary School	8.1%	422
SASD 4K	4.9%	185
Sandburg Elementary School	15.3%	411
Sandhill Elementary School	4.6%	410
Sauk Trail Elementary School	9.2%	393
Savanna Oaks Middle School	9%	380
Schenk Elementary School	21.6%	444
Sennett Middle School	15.9%	579
Shabazz-City High School	11.4%	114
Sherman Middle School	24.2%	385
Shorewood Hills Elementary School	6.3%	382
Spring Harbor Middle School	8.9%	270
Stephens Elementary School	12.5%	482
Stoner Prairie Elementary School	9.1%	385
Stoughton High School	4.1%	864
Sugar Creek Elementary School	4.7%	683
Sun Prairie Four Kids	13.3%	301
Sun Prairie High School	9.1%	1,275
Sun Prairie West High School	14.6%	1,333
Sunset Ridge Elementary School	2.4%	298
Taylor Prairie Elementary School	5.4%	279
Thoreau Elementary School	14.6%	398
Token Springs Elementary School	2%	456
Toki Middle School	20.3%	538
Van Hise Elementary School	5.9%	421
Verona Area High School	7.8%	1,789
Verona Area International School	1.7%	118
Verona Area K4	6.2%	289
Waubesa Intermediate School	2%	512
Waunakee Community 4K School	0.8%	237
Waunakee Heritage Elementary School	1%	575
Waunakee High School	1.3%	1,346
Waunakee Intermediate School	2.4%	620
Waunakee Middle School	2.1%	681
Waunakee Prairie Elementary School	2.3%	524
West High School	10.3%	2,137
West Middleton Elementary School	9.8%	338
Westside Elementary School	32.3%	443
Whitehorse Middle School	28.8%	400
Windsor Elementary School	2.2%	512
Winnequah School	3%	642
Wisconsin Heights High School	2.3%	219
Wisconsin Heights Middle School	1.2%	164
Wisconsin Virtual Academy High (WIVA)	13.6%	1,423
Wisconsin Virtual Academy K-8 (WIVA)	17.8%	1,336
Yahara Elementary School	2%	347