Waukesha Times

There were 1,804 Black students enrolled in Waukesha County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Waukesha County welcomed 60,303 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 3% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 113 schools in Waukesha County, Menomonee Falls High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 148 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.

School name	% of Black students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Arrowhead High School	1%	2,086
Asa Clark Middle School	3.2%	655
Banting Elementary School	6.5%	512
Bay Lane Elementary School	0.7%	919
Benjamin Franklin Elementary and Early Learning Center	7.3%	575
Bethesda Elementary School	4.1%	436
Big Bend Elementary School	0.8%	475
Brookfield Central High School	2.1%	1,192
Brookfield East High School	2.8%	1,362
Brookfield Elementary School	1.8%	652
Burleigh Elementary School	2.4%	879
Butler Middle School	4.7%	811
Clarendon Avenue Elementary School	2.5%	525
Cushing Elementary School	1.5%	339
District 4K	0.5%	212
Dixon Elementary School	3%	663
Dousman Elementary School	0.3%	339
Eagle Elementary School	2.3%	265
Eisenhower Middle/High School	0.6%	1,029
Elmwood Elementary School	1.4%	570
Greenland Elementary School	0.4%	263
Hadfield Elementary School	17.5%	366
Hamilton High School	3.1%	1,562
Hawthorne Elementary School	7.1%	340
Heyer Elementary School	1.6%	383
Hillcrest Elementary School	2.4%	289
Hoover Elementary School	16.5%	357
Horizon School	2.3%	622
Horning Middle School	10%	618
Kettle Moraine High School	0.7%	878
Kettle Moraine Middle School	0.6%	780
Lake Country School	0.8%	485
Lake Denoon Middle School	0.6%	724
Lannon Elementary School	2.7%	334
Les Paul Middle School	7.6%	582
Lowell Elementary School	7%	373
Magee Elementary School	1.6%	247
Maple Avenue Elementary School	2.5%	408
Marcy Elementary School	5.5%	508
Meadow View Elementary School	1.1%	547
Meadowbrook Elementary School	1.2%	256
Menomonee Falls High School	11.5%	1,285
Merton Intermediate School	0.6%	360
Merton Primary School	1.3%	560
Mukwonago High School	0.4%	1,620
Muskego High School	0.5%	1,686
Muskego Lakes Middle School	0.9%	691
Nature Hill Intermediate School	1.4%	773
New Berlin West Middle/High School	1.6%	1,047
Norris Academy	42.9%	14
Norris Academy Virtual School	57.9%	19
North Elementary School	1.5%	475
North High School	6.1%	1,016
North Lake Elementary School	0.9%	331
North Middle School	8%	842
North Shore Middle School	0.6%	335
Oconomowoc High School	0.7%	1,662
Orchard Lane Elementary School	1.5%	464
Park Lawn Elementary School	2.6%	429
Pewaukee High School	2.3%	882
Pewaukee Lake Elementary School	1%	789
Pilgrim Park Middle School	2.3%	860
Poplar Creek Elementary School	1.1%	476
Prairie Elementary School	8.7%	345
Prairie View Elementary School	0.3%	401
Riverside Elementary School	6.4%	423
Riverview School	100%	3
Rolling Hills Elementary School	0.7%	460
Ronald Reagan Elementary School	0.8%	670
Rose Glen Elementary School	3.3%	552
School for Arts and Performance	2.9%	104
Section Elementary School	0.4%	458
Shady Lane Elementary School	4%	452
Silver Lake Intermediate School	1%	595
Silver Spring Intermediate School	3.1%	747
South Elementary School	0.9%	329
South High School	10.8%	890
Stone Bank Elementary School	1.4%	279
Summit Elementary School	2.4%	467
Summit View Elementary School	6.4%	472
Swallow Elementary School	0.9%	464
Swanson Elementary School	2.2%	823
Templeton Middle School	3.2%	750
Tonawanda Elementary School	2.3%	525
Valley View Elementary School	4.2%	337
Wales Elementary School	0.3%	323
Waukesha Academy of Health Professions	0.7%	146
Waukesha East Alternative School	17.6%	74
Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy	0.7%	148
Waukesha STEM Academy	3.1%	646
Waukesha Transition Academy	5.9%	34
West High School	3.7%	1,194
White Rock Campus	8%	226
White Rock School	0.4%	256
Willow Springs Learning Center	2.5%	284
Wisconsin Hills Middle School	4.3%	814
Woodside Elementary School	1.8%	513
eAchieve Academy - Wisconsin	8%	749
eAchieve Elementary School	11.6%	138