Fond Du Lac Times

There were 9,364 white students enrolled in Fond du Lac County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.8% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Fond du Lac County schools welcomed 12,982 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 72.1% of the student body to be the 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 white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,221 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.

School name	% of white students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Barlow Park Charter School	80.9%	157
Bessie Allen Middle School	64.7%	323
Brandon Elementary School	92.5%	106
Campbellsport Elementary School	93.1%	347
Campbellsport High School	91.5%	493
Campbellsport Middle School	88.8%	267
Chegwin Elementary School	40.4%	285
Early Learning Center	71.8%	85
Early Learning in Fond du Lac	65.8%	228
Eden Elementary School	82%	211
Evans Elementary School	50.7%	282
Fond du Lac High School	63.3%	1,928
Fond du Lac STEM Academy	71.6%	148
Friendship Learning Elementary School	64.5%	628
Horace Mann High School	66.1%	445
Journey	81.1%	222
Laconia High School	92.4%	327
Lakeshore Elementary School	87%	368
Murray Park Elementary School	84.2%	152
Oakfield Elementary School	88.2%	246
Oakfield High School	92.3%	169
Oakfield Middle School	87.1%	116
Odyssey Academy of Virtual Learning	87.5%	224
Parkside Elementary School	29.1%	289
Pier Elementary School	45.9%	266
Quest Charter School	85.9%	156
Ripon High School	85%	448
Ripon Middle School	83.7%	295
Riverside Elementary School	45.7%	282
Roberts Elementary School	75.6%	320
Rock River Intermediate School	83.9%	584
Rosendale - Brandon Middle School	92.1%	203
Rosendale Intermediate School	94.9%	78
Rosendale Primary School	91%	222
Rosenow Elementary School	70%	377
Sabish Middle School	52.8%	411
Theisen Middle School	63.4%	465
Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind	93.2%	59
Waters Elementary School	72.8%	393
Woodworth Middle School	64.2%	377