Waukesha Times

There were 1,771 Black students enrolled in Waukesha County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.8% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Waukesha County schools welcomed 59,391 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 3% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 113 schools in Waukesha County, Menomonee Falls High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 146 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.

These achievement gaps are also reflected in graduation rates. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Meanwhile, 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.

School name	% of Black students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Arrowhead High School	0.8%	2,038
Asa Clark Middle School	2.9%	651
Banting Elementary School	5.6%	533
Bay Lane Elementary School	0.1%	904
Benjamin Franklin Elementary and Early Learning Center	7.8%	568
Bethesda Elementary School	3.4%	415
Big Bend Elementary School	1%	488
Brookfield Central High School	2.7%	1,172
Brookfield East High School	2.9%	1,398
Brookfield Elementary School	2.4%	676
Burleigh Elementary School	1.6%	915
Butler Middle School	4.5%	803
Clarendon Avenue Elementary School	1.9%	532
Cushing Elementary School	2.2%	315
Dixon Elementary School	3.3%	672
Dousman Elementary School	0.6%	324
Eagle Elementary School	2.4%	253
Eisenhower Middle/High School	0.8%	1,048
Elmwood Elementary School	1.3%	554
Greenland Elementary School	0.4%	253
Hadfield Elementary School	14.2%	331
Hamilton High School	3.3%	1,564
Hawthorne Elementary School	8%	325
Heyer Elementary School	1.7%	345
Hillcrest Elementary School	2.9%	275
Hoover Elementary School	18%	327
Horizon School	2.2%	639
Horning Middle School	9.8%	560
Kettle Moraine High School	0.5%	886
Kettle Moraine Middle School	0.7%	717
Lake Country School	0.7%	463
Lake Denoon Middle School	0.3%	687
Lannon Elementary School	3.4%	349
Les Paul Middle School	5.6%	594
Lowell Elementary School	8.5%	364
Magee Elementary School	1.2%	254
Maple Avenue Elementary School	3.8%	426
Marcy Elementary School	5.7%	511
Meadow View Elementary School	1.5%	532
Meadowbrook Elementary School	1.5%	260
Menomonee Falls High School	11.3%	1,291
Merton Intermediate School	1.4%	362
Merton Primary School	0.9%	547
Mill Valley Elementary School	0.5%	428
Mukwonago High School	0.4%	1,585
Muskego High School	0.7%	1,651
Muskego Lakes Middle School	0.6%	680
Nature Hill Intermediate School	1.3%	758
New Berlin West Middle/High School	1.2%	1,028
Norris Academy	46.2%	13
Norris Academy Virtual School	41.7%	24
North Elementary School	0.9%	447
North High School	5.2%	960
North Lake Elementary School	1.4%	352
North Middle School	9%	808
North Shore Middle School	0.3%	330
Oconomowoc High School	0.8%	1,633
Orchard Lane Elementary School	1.9%	468
Park Lawn Elementary School	1.8%	387
Park View Middle School	0.3%	747
Pewaukee High School	2.7%	885
Pewaukee Lake Elementary School	1.2%	757
Pilgrim Park Middle School	3%	876
Poplar Creek Elementary School	1.3%	478
Prairie Elementary School	4%	326
Prairie View Elementary School	0.5%	437
Riverside Elementary School	8.2%	428
Riverview School	60%	5
Rolling Hills Elementary School	1.3%	447
Ronald Reagan Elementary School	0.4%	677
Rose Glen Elementary School	1.2%	495
School for Arts and Performance	2.5%	118
Section Elementary School	0.2%	452
Shady Lane Elementary School	3.1%	449
Silver Lake Intermediate School	1.7%	639
Silver Spring Intermediate School	2%	783
South Elementary School	1.8%	331
South High School	11.6%	879
Stone Bank Elementary School	1.4%	285
Summit Elementary School	1.5%	484
Summit View Elementary School	6.7%	450
Swallow Elementary School	0.5%	445
Swanson Elementary School	3.2%	806
Templeton Middle School	3.5%	744
Tonawanda Elementary School	2.1%	520
Valley View Elementary School	4.7%	384
Wales Elementary School	0.3%	332
Waukesha Academy of Health Professions	1.8%	114
Waukesha East Alternative School	16.2%	74
Waukesha Engineering Preparatory Academy	0.7%	150
Waukesha STEM Academy	4%	599
Waukesha Transition Academy	15.6%	32
West High School	3.4%	1,192
White Rock Campus	10.9%	174
White Rock School	0.4%	285
Willow Springs Learning Center	3.3%	243
Wisconsin Hills Middle School	4%	822
Woodside Elementary School	2.4%	499
eAchieve Academy - Wisconsin	8.5%	658
eAchieve Elementary School	14.2%	120