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Merton Community School District Education: 3 Pacific Islander students were enrolled in schools 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 three Pacific Islander students enrolled in Merton Community School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the 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, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the 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 Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of two 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.

Ethnicities in Merton Community School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [92.5%]Ethnicities <5% [7.5%]
Pacific Islander Enrollment in Merton Community School District During Last 8 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal Pacific Islander StudentsPacific Islander %
2022-2392030.3%
2021-2286430.4%
2020-2181730.4%
2019-2085430.4%
2018-1984430.4%
2017-1884530.4%
2015-1690520.2%
2014-1589320.2%

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