Fond Du Lac Times

There were 17 Black students enrolled in Ripon Area School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 1,694 students were enrolled in the Ripon Area School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 1% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.

Ripon Area School District roughly covers 12 schools within Fond du Lac County and has a main office in Ripon.

Among the 12 schools in Ripon Area School District, Journey recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of six 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total Black Students	Black %
2022-23	1,694	17	1%
2021-22	1,795	16	0.9%
2020-21	1,954	21	1.1%
2019-20	1,676	10	0.6%
2018-19	1,600	5	0.3%
2017-18	1,631	10	0.6%
2016-17	1,629	22	1.4%
2015-16	1,631	14	0.9%
2014-15	1,692	14	0.8%
2013-14	1,736	16	0.9%
2012-13	1,779	18	1%
2011-12	1,791	17	1%
2010-11	1,813	20	1.1%
2009-10	1,835	23	1.3%
2008-09	1,829	15	0.8%
2007-08	1,802	15	0.8%