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
Data showed that 920 students were enrolled in the Merton Community School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 1% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.
Merton Community School District roughly covers two schools within Waukesha County and has a main office in Merton.
Among the two schools in Merton Community School District, Merton Primary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of seven 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 | 920 | 9 | 1% |
| 2021-22 | 864 | 8 | 0.9% |
| 2020-21 | 817 | 5 | 0.6% |
| 2019-20 | 854 | 5 | 0.6% |
| 2018-19 | 844 | 4 | 0.5% |
| 2017-18 | 845 | 7 | 0.8% |
| 2016-17 | 860 | 4 | 0.5% |
| 2013-14 | 905 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 2012-13 | 954 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 2011-12 | 934 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 2010-11 | 1,026 | 2 | 0.2% |
| 2009-10 | 1,049 | 4 | 0.4% |
| 2008-09 | 1,053 | 2 | 0.2% |
| 2007-08 | 1,032 | 3 | 0.3% |
| 2006-07 | 999 | 3 | 0.3% |
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