Whitewater Times

Among the many ethnicities represented in Jefferson County schools, white was the most prevalent ethnicity among Jefferson County students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 9,673 students attending Jefferson County schools, 76.4% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 17.4% of Jefferson County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Jefferson County, representing 76.8% of the student body.

Barrie Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 81.2% white students, 10.8% Hispanic students, 3.6% multiracial students, 3.1% Black students, and 1.4% Asian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 2.4% compared to the previous year.

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	Most Represented ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Barrie Elementary School	White	81.2%	223
Cambridge High School	White	92.1%	241
East Elementary School	White	77.3%	308
Fort Atkinson 4K	White	72.9%	96
Fort Atkinson High School	White	81.7%	960
Fort Atkinson Middle School	White	78.4%	504
Ixonia Elementary School	White	96.1%	279
Jefferson High School	White	73.6%	607
Jefferson Middle School	White	75.3%	389
Johnson Creek Public School	White	76.4%	605
Lake Mills Elementary School	White	85.6%	610
Lake Mills High School	White	81.6%	488
Lake Mills Middle School	White	86.1%	410
Lincoln Elementary School	White	81.2%	154
Luther Elementary School	White	73%	226
Palmyra-Eagle High School	White	82.6%	195
Palmyra-Eagle Middle School	White	79.8%	114
Purdy Elementary School	White	76.9%	268
Riverside Middle School	White	67.5%	693
Rockwell Elementary School	White	75.8%	231
Schurz Elementary School	Hispanic	54.1%	244
Sullivan Elementary School	White	93.5%	154
Waterloo Elementary School	White	63.5%	285
Waterloo High School	White	67.1%	255
Waterloo Intermediate School	White	63.8%	105
Waterloo Middle School	White	69%	116
Watertown 4 Kids	White	63.7%	146
Webster Elementary School	White	74.5%	369
West Elementary School	White	64.4%	270
eCampus Academy Charter School	White	73.4%	128