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Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 72.7% of Fond du Lac County's student body 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 9,222 white students enrolled in Fond du Lac County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 3.5% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Fond du Lac County welcomed 12,688 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 72.7% of the student body, making them the most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the six districts in Fond du Lac County, Fond du Lac School District recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 4,148 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Fond du Lac County.

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 [72.7%]Hispanic [14.5%]Multiracial [5.4%]Black [5%]Ethnicities <5% [2.4%]
Enrollment in Fond du Lac County Districts During 2022-23 School Year
District% of white StudentsTotal Enrollment
Campbellsport School District90.1%1,338
Fond du Lac School District62.8%6,603
North Fond du Lac School District67.5%1,567
Oakfield School District89.2%527
Ripon Area School District85.5%1,694
Rosendale-Brandon School District93%959

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