Whitewater Times

There were 22 American Indian students enrolled in Walworth County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 4.3% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Walworth County welcomed 14,850 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.1% of the student body, making them the second least represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 17 districts in Walworth County, Whitewater Unified School District recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of six students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Walworth County.

White students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnic group in Wisconsin. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Graduation rates for Black and multiracial students lagged behind white students by 10%.

Even further behind, only 71.6% of Hispanic students completed their high school education during the same period, one of the lowest graduation rates in the state.

District	% of American Indian Students	Total Enrollment
Delavan-Darien School District	0.2%	1,817
East Troy Community School District	0.1%	1,456
Elkhorn Area School District	0.1%	3,582
Lake Geneva-Genoa City UHS School District	0.3%	1,347
Walworth J1 School District	0.5%	432
Whitewater Unified School District	0.3%	1,986
Williams Bay School District	0.2%	672