Whitewater Times

There were five Pacific Islander students enrolled in Walworth County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 54.5% less 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, Pacific Islander students comprised 0% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 44 schools in Walworth County, Badger High School, Jackson Elementary School, Lakeview Elementary School, Reek Elementary School, and Whitewater High School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of one 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.

School name	% of Pacific Islander students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Badger High School	0.1%	1,326
Jackson Elementary School	0.2%	521
Lakeview Elementary School	0.5%	193
Reek Elementary School	0.7%	148
Whitewater High School	0.2%	612