How many white students were enrolled in Jefferson County schools in 2022-23 school year?

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

By Whitewater Times

Nov 24, 2023

There were 7,393 white students enrolled in Jefferson County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.8% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Jefferson County welcomed 9,673 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 76.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 30 schools in Jefferson County, Fort Atkinson High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 784 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.

Ethnicities in Jefferson County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment in Jefferson County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of white students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Barrie Elementary School	81.2%	223
Cambridge High School	92.1%	241
East Elementary School	77.3%	308
Fort Atkinson 4K	72.9%	96
Fort Atkinson High School	81.7%	960
Fort Atkinson Middle School	78.4%	504
Ixonia Elementary School	96.1%	279
Jefferson High School	73.6%	607
Jefferson Middle School	75.3%	389
Johnson Creek Public School	76.4%	605
Lake Mills Elementary School	85.6%	610
Lake Mills High School	81.6%	488
Lake Mills Middle School	86.1%	410
Lincoln Elementary School	81.2%	154
Luther Elementary School	73%	226
Palmyra-Eagle High School	82.6%	195
Palmyra-Eagle Middle School	79.8%	114
Purdy Elementary School	76.9%	268
Riverside Middle School	67.5%	693
Rockwell Elementary School	75.8%	231
Schurz Elementary School	36.9%	244
Sullivan Elementary School	93.5%	154
Waterloo Elementary School	63.5%	285
Waterloo High School	67.1%	255
Waterloo Intermediate School	63.8%	105
Waterloo Middle School	69%	116
Watertown 4 Kids	63.7%	146
Webster Elementary School	74.5%	369
West Elementary School	64.4%	270
eCampus Academy Charter School	73.4%	128