There were 637 Black students enrolled in Fond du Lac County schools in 2022-23 school year

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

By Fond Du Lac Times

Nov 6, 2023

There were 637 Black students enrolled in Fond du Lac County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.8% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Fond du Lac County welcomed 13,301 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 4.8% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 43 schools in Fond du Lac County, Fond du Lac High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 156 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 Fond du Lac County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment in Fond du Lac County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of Black students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Barlow Park Charter School	0.6%	169
Bessie Allen Middle School	1.9%	314
Brandon Elementary School	0.9%	108
Campbellsport Elementary School	0.9%	351
Campbellsport High School	0.4%	469
Campbellsport Middle School	0.3%	306
Chegwin Elementary School	16%	257
Early Learning Center	3.5%	85
Early Learning in Fond du Lac	13.2%	265
Evans Elementary School	9.5%	273
Fond du Lac High School	7.8%	2,006
Fond du Lac STEM Academy	2.6%	154
Friendship Learning Elementary School	1.6%	640
Horace Mann High School	0.9%	468
Journey	3%	198
Laconia High School	0.6%	317
Lakeshore Elementary School	0.8%	364
Murray Park Elementary School	1.2%	173
Oakfield Elementary School	0.8%	259
Oakfield Middle School	1.8%	110
Odyssey Academy of Virtual Learning	1.2%	249
Parkside Elementary School	14%	271
Pier Elementary School	21.7%	286
Quest Charter School	0.7%	139
Ripon High School	0.2%	464
Ripon Middle School	1%	302
Riverside Elementary School	13.3%	302
Roberts Elementary School	2.4%	340
Rock River Intermediate School	1.1%	613
Rosendale - Brandon Middle School	0.9%	235
Rosendale Primary School	0.5%	217
Rosenow Elementary School	5.6%	391
Sabish Middle School	11.6%	438
Theisen Middle School	7.8%	463
Waters Elementary School	4.3%	398
Woodworth Middle School	8.9%	395