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Enrollment Analysis: Black students comprised 3.2% of Ozaukee County's student body in 2023-24 school year

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Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Wikipedia

Jill Underly Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Wikipedia

There were 390 Black students enrolled in Ozaukee County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.2% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Ozaukee County schools welcomed 12,364 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 3.2% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 27 schools in Ozaukee County, Homestead High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 109 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.

Ethnicities in Ozaukee County in 2023-24 School Year
White [82.2%]Ethnicities <5% [11.6%]Hispanic [6.2%]
Enrollment in Ozaukee County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name% of Black students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Cedarburg High School1.7%1,085
Donges Bay Elementary School4.7%516
Dunwiddie Elementary School2.1%335
Grafton High School2.8%720
Homestead High School8.9%1,225
John Long Middle School1.8%438
Kennedy Elementary School1.9%517
Lake Shore Middle School6.3%332
Lincoln Elementary School0.7%295
Oriole Lane Elementary School3.1%517
Ozaukee Elementary School0.9%334
Ozaukee High School2%197
Ozaukee Middle School0.6%161
Parkview Elementary School0.6%498
Port Washington High School2.7%804
Saukville Elementary School2.7%336
Steffen Middle School5.9%409
Thomas Jefferson Middle School2.8%708
Thorson Elementary School1.1%552
Webster Middle School0.9%655
Westlawn Elementary School0.3%291
Wilson Elementary School5.1%571
Wisconsin Virtual Learning5.3%321
Woodview Elementary School2.2%457

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