There were 40 Black students enrolled in Elkhorn Area School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
Data showed that 3,582 students were enrolled in the Elkhorn Area School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 1.1% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the district.
Elkhorn Area School District roughly covers seven schools within Walworth County and has a main office in Elkhorn.
Among the seven schools in Elkhorn Area School District, Elkhorn Area High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 10 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 | 3,582 | 40 | 1.1% |
| 2021-22 | 3,570 | 38 | 1.1% |
| 2020-21 | 3,632 | 48 | 1.3% |
| 2019-20 | 3,567 | 40 | 1.1% |
| 2018-19 | 3,469 | 41 | 1.2% |
| 2017-18 | 3,460 | 51 | 1.5% |
| 2016-17 | 3,382 | 42 | 1.2% |
| 2015-16 | 3,315 | 33 | 1% |
| 2014-15 | 3,246 | 30 | 0.9% |
| 2013-14 | 3,169 | 23 | 0.7% |
| 2012-13 | 3,213 | 27 | 0.8% |
| 2011-12 | 3,246 | 29 | 0.9% |
| 2010-11 | 3,083 | 26 | 0.8% |
| 2009-10 | 3,110 | 44 | 1.4% |
| 2008-09 | 3,091 | 46 | 1.5% |
| 2007-08 | 3,054 | 43 | 1.4% |
| 2006-07 | 2,981 | 46 | 1.5% |
