Waukesha Times

There were 740 Black students enrolled in Waukesha School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 11,855 students were enrolled in the Waukesha School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 6.2% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.

Waukesha School District roughly covers 33 schools within Waukesha County and has a main office in Waukesha.

Among the 33 schools in Waukesha School District, South High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 96 students.

In Wisconsin, white students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnicity. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total Black Students	Black %
2022-23	11,855	740	6.2%
2021-22	12,080	684	5.7%
2020-21	12,344	660	5.4%
2019-20	12,523	673	5.4%
2018-19	12,739	729	5.7%
2017-18	12,813	699	5.5%
2016-17	13,083	736	5.6%
2015-16	13,145	730	5.6%
2014-15	13,494	731	5.4%
2013-14	13,678	642	4.7%
2012-13	13,867	667	4.8%
2011-12	13,770	638	4.6%
2010-11	13,796	665	4.8%
2009-10	13,909	666	4.8%
2008-09	12,990	556	4.3%
2007-08	13,503	517	3.8%