Whitewater Times

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

Of the 14,964 students attending Walworth County schools, 70.2% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 24.7% of Walworth County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Walworth County, representing 71.5% of the student body.

Badger High School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 70.4% white students, 24.7% Hispanic students, 2.9% multiracial students, 0.8% Asian students, 0.8% Black students, 0.3% American Indian students, and 0.1% Pacific Islander students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.3% 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
Badger High School	White	70.4%	1,326
Big Foot High School	White	73%	456
Brookwood Elementary School	White	67%	221
Brookwood Middle School	White	60.5%	248
Career and College Academy	White	77.8%	185
Central - Denison Elementary School	White	65.6%	566
Darien Elementary School	Hispanic	50.4%	242
Delavan-Darien High School	Hispanic	49.9%	585
East Troy High School	White	90.4%	500
East Troy Middle School	White	87.4%	324
Eastview Elementary School	White	68.5%	232
Elkhorn Area High School	White	78.4%	974
Elkhorn Area Middle School	White	80.4%	705
Elkhorn Options Virtual School	White	87%	301
Fontana Elementary School	White	89.8%	206
JEDI Virtual K-12	White	95%	40
Jackson Elementary School	White	73.7%	521
Lake Geneva Middle School	White	68.9%	615
Lakeview Elementary School	White	69.4%	193
Lincoln Elementary School	Hispanic	44.2%	382
Little Prairie Primary School	White	87.6%	338
Lyons Center	White	80.5%	154
Maple Park Charter School	White	82.9%	41
New Visions Charter School	White	81%	21
Phoenix Middle School	Hispanic	55.2%	487
Prairie View Elementary School	White	88.1%	294
Reek Elementary School	White	86.5%	148
Sharon Community	White	71.4%	196
Star Center Elementary School	White	75.1%	370
Tibbets Elementary School	White	90.1%	444
Traver Elementary School	White	63.2%	95
Turtle Creek Elementary School	Hispanic	56.2%	445
Walworth Elementary School	White	61.8%	432
Washington Elementary School	White	49.5%	325
West Side Elementary School	White	81%	452
Whitewater 4K	White	72%	25
Whitewater High School	White	57.7%	612
Whitewater Middle School	White	55.2%	444
Williams Bay Elementary School	White	89.3%	319
Williams Bay High School	White	92.3%	208
Williams Bay Middle School	White	92.9%	140
Woods Elementary School	White	80.9%	152