Enrollment Analysis: Black students comprised 1.3% of Walworth County's student body in 2022-23 school year

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

By Whitewater Times

Nov 6, 2023

There were 198 Black students enrolled in Walworth County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.6% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Walworth County welcomed 14,964 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 1.3% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 44 schools in Walworth County, Whitewater High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 19 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 Walworth County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment in Walworth County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of Black students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Badger High School	0.8%	1,326
Big Foot High School	1.3%	456
Career and College Academy	1.1%	185
Central - Denison Elementary School	1.1%	566
Darien Elementary School	0.4%	242
Delavan-Darien High School	1.5%	585
East Troy High School	0.8%	500
East Troy Middle School	1.5%	324
Elkhorn Area High School	1%	974
Elkhorn Area Middle School	1%	705
Elkhorn Options Virtual School	2.3%	301
Fontana Elementary School	1%	206
JEDI Virtual K-12	2.5%	40
Jackson Elementary School	0.8%	521
Lake Geneva Middle School	1.3%	615
Lakeview Elementary School	2.1%	193
Lincoln Elementary School	4.7%	382
Little Prairie Primary School	1.2%	338
Maple Park Charter School	4.9%	41
Phoenix Middle School	1.4%	487
Prairie View Elementary School	1.4%	294
Reek Elementary School	0.7%	148
Star Center Elementary School	0.5%	370
Tibbets Elementary School	0.2%	444
Traver Elementary School	1.1%	95
Turtle Creek Elementary School	2.9%	445
Walworth Elementary School	0.2%	432
Washington Elementary School	2.5%	325
West Side Elementary School	2%	452
Whitewater 4K	4%	25
Whitewater High School	3.1%	612
Whitewater Middle School	2.7%	444
Williams Bay Elementary School	0.9%	319
Williams Bay High School	1.4%	208
Williams Bay Middle School	0.7%	140
Woods Elementary School	1.3%	152