Waukesha Times

There were 46,533 white students enrolled in Waukesha County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 2.4% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Waukesha County welcomed 60,272 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 77.2% of the student body, making them the most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 24 districts in Waukesha County, Waukesha School District recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 7,270 students.

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

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.

District	% of white Students	Total Enrollment
Arrowhead UHS School District	87.3%	2,086
Elmbrook School District	69.6%	7,781
Hamilton School District	74.7%	5,106
Hartland-Lakeside J3 School District	84.6%	1,139
Kettle Moraine School District	88.2%	3,477
Lake Country School District	86.2%	485
Menomonee Falls School District	70.2%	3,914
Merton Community School District	92.5%	920
Mukwonago School District	89.3%	5,009
Muskego-Norway School District	88.2%	4,767
New Berlin School District	78.1%	4,256
Norris School District	39.4%	33
North Lake School District	90.3%	331
Oconomowoc Area School District	88.9%	5,015
Pewaukee School District	79.6%	2,948
Richmond School District	91.2%	407
Stone Bank School District	95.7%	279
Swallow School District	88.6%	464
Waukesha School District	61.3%	11,855