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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

There were 47 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Waukesha County districts in 2022-23 school year

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WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

There were 47 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Waukesha County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 2.2% more 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, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.1% of the student body, making them the least represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 24 districts in Waukesha County, Waukesha School District recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 17 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.

Ethnicities in Waukesha County in 2022-23 School Year
White [77.2%]Hispanic [9.7%]Ethnicities <5% [7.6%]Asian [5.5%]
Enrollment in Waukesha County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of Pacific Islander StudentsTotal Enrollment
Arrowhead UHS School District0.1%2,086
Elmbrook School District0.1%7,781
Hamilton School District0.2%5,106
Menomonee Falls School District0.1%3,914
Merton Community School District0.3%920
Mukwonago School District0%5,009
Muskego-Norway School District0%4,767
New Berlin School District0.1%4,256
Oconomowoc Area School District0%5,015
Waukesha School District0.1%11,855

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