Ozaukee County News

Among the many ethnicities represented in Ozaukee County schools, white was the most prevalent ethnicity among Ozaukee County students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 12,405 students attending Ozaukee County schools, 82.4% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 5.9% of Ozaukee County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Ozaukee County, representing 83% of the student body.

Cedarburg High School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 88.7% white students, 3.9% Hispanic students, 3% multiracial students, 2.2% Asian students, 1.9% Black students, and 0.3% American Indian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county slightly decreased compared to the previous year.

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.

School name	Most Represented ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Cedarburg High School	White	88.7%	1,089
Donges Bay Elementary School	White	81%	501
Dunwiddie Elementary School	White	76.4%	351
Early Learning Center	White	100%	12
Grafton High School	White	83.2%	715
Homestead High School	White	71.1%	1,265
John Long Middle School	White	82.2%	443
Kennedy Elementary School	White	80.5%	483
Lake Shore Middle School	White	72.2%	327
Lincoln Elementary School	White	86.1%	302
Oriole Lane Elementary School	White	78.7%	511
Ozaukee Elementary School	White	86.3%	336
Ozaukee High School	White	88.2%	187
Ozaukee Middle School	White	89.7%	146
Parkview Elementary School	White	87.5%	504
Port Washington High School	White	84.9%	814
Riveredge Outdoor Learning Elementary School	White	89.7%	97
Saukville Elementary School	White	83%	335
Steffen Middle School	White	73.4%	395
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	White	83%	717
Thorson Elementary School	White	94.7%	548
Webster Middle School	White	90.5%	645
Westlawn Elementary School	White	88.7%	293
Wilson Elementary School	White	75.5%	563
Wisconsin Virtual Learning	White	77.8%	351
Woodview Elementary School	White	83.8%	475