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Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Fond du Lac County Education: 15 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 15 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Fond du Lac County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 25% 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, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 43 schools in Fond du Lac County, Brandon Elementary School and Early Learning Center recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of three 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
White [73.2%]Hispanic [14.3%]Ethnicities <5% [7.1%]Multiracial [5.4%]
Enrollment in Fond du Lac County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
School name% of Pacific Islander students enrollmentTotal Enrollment
Barlow Park Charter School0.6%169
Brandon Elementary School2.8%108
Early Learning Center3.5%85
Eden Elementary School0.9%212
Ripon High School0.4%464
Ripon Middle School0.7%302
Rock River Intermediate School0.2%613
Waters Elementary School0.3%398

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