How many Hispanic 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 11, 2023

There were 1,687 Hispanic students enrolled in Jefferson County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.2% 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, Hispanic students comprised 17.4% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 30 schools in Jefferson County, Riverside Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 164 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 Hispanic students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Barrie Elementary School	10.8%	223
Cambridge High School	3.3%	241
East Elementary School	18.5%	308
Fort Atkinson 4K	17.7%	96
Fort Atkinson High School	13.4%	960
Fort Atkinson Middle School	13.9%	504
Ixonia Elementary School	2.2%	279
Jefferson High School	22.2%	607
Jefferson Middle School	20.3%	389
Johnson Creek Public School	17.4%	605
Lake Mills Elementary School	7.9%	610
Lake Mills High School	14.3%	488
Lake Mills Middle School	9.3%	410
Lincoln Elementary School	8.4%	154
Luther Elementary School	21.7%	226
Palmyra-Eagle High School	14.9%	195
Palmyra-Eagle Middle School	14%	114
Purdy Elementary School	18.7%	268
Riverside Middle School	23.7%	693
Rockwell Elementary School	18.2%	231
Schurz Elementary School	54.1%	244
Sullivan Elementary School	2%	154
Waterloo Elementary School	28.1%	285
Waterloo High School	27.8%	255
Waterloo Intermediate School	29.5%	105
Waterloo Middle School	26.7%	116
Watertown 4 Kids	25.3%	146
Webster Elementary School	16%	369
West Elementary School	27.4%	270
eCampus Academy Charter School	15.6%	128