Fond du Lac County Education: 34 American Indian students were enrolled in schools in 2023-24 school year

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By Fond Du Lac Times

Oct 30, 2024

There were 34 American Indian students enrolled in Fond du Lac County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 10.5% 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, American Indian students comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 43 schools in Fond du Lac County, Fond du Lac High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2023-24 school year, with eight 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.

Ethnicities in Fond du Lac County in 2023-24 School Year

Enrollment in Fond du Lac County Schools During 2023-24 School Year

School name	% of American Indian students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Campbellsport Elementary School	0.3%	347
Campbellsport High School	0.2%	493
Chegwin Elementary School	0.4%	285
Eden Elementary School	0.5%	211
Fond du Lac High School	0.4%	1,928
Fond du Lac STEM Academy	2%	148
Horace Mann High School	0.2%	445
Laconia High School	0.3%	327
Lakeshore Elementary School	0.3%	368
Oakfield Elementary School	0.8%	246
Parkside Elementary School	1%	289
Rock River Intermediate School	0.5%	584
Rosendale - Brandon Middle School	1%	203
Rosenow Elementary School	0.5%	377
Sabish Middle School	0.2%	411
Theisen Middle School	0.4%	465
Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind	1.7%	59