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There were 160 multiracial students enrolled in Watertown Unified School District in 2022-23 school year

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Watertown Unified School District Superintendent Jarred Burke (2023) | Watertown Unified School District

Watertown Unified School District Superintendent Jarred Burke (2023) | Watertown Unified School District

There were 160 multiracial students enrolled in Watertown Unified School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 3,202 students were enrolled in the Watertown Unified School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 5% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.

Watertown Unified School District roughly covers 10 schools within Jefferson County and has a main office in Watertown.

Among the 10 schools in Watertown Unified School District, Riverside Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 43 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 Watertown Unified School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [69.9%]Hispanic [21.7%]Multiracial [5%]Ethnicities <5% [3.4%]
Multiracial Enrollment in Watertown Unified School District During Last 13 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal multiracial Studentsmultiracial %
2022-233,2021605%
2021-223,2651574.8%
2020-213,2961394.2%
2019-203,5771694.7%
2018-193,6211514.2%
2017-183,6701283.5%
2016-173,7351143.1%
2015-163,779972.6%
2014-153,876862.2%
2013-143,864812.1%
2012-133,844772%
2011-123,889661.7%
2010-113,951641.6%

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