Whitewater Times

There were 32 Black students enrolled in Delavan-Darien School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 1,817 students were enrolled in the Delavan-Darien School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 1.8% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.

Delavan-Darien School District roughly covers eight schools within Walworth County and has a main office in Delavan.

Among the eight schools in Delavan-Darien School District, Turtle Creek Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 13 students.

In Wisconsin, white students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnicity. 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total Black Students	Black %
2022-23	1,817	32	1.8%
2021-22	1,877	20	1.1%
2020-21	1,946	28	1.4%
2019-20	1,976	31	1.6%
2018-19	2,020	31	1.5%
2017-18	2,149	39	1.8%
2016-17	2,240	52	2.3%
2015-16	2,312	46	2%
2014-15	2,388	49	2.1%
2013-14	2,460	44	1.8%
2012-13	2,438	49	2%
2011-12	2,518	41	1.6%
2010-11	2,582	44	1.7%
2009-10	2,636	63	2.4%
2008-09	2,634	65	2.5%
2007-08	2,689	62	2.3%
2006-07	2,733	65	2.4%