Whitewater Times

There were 63 Black students enrolled in Whitewater Unified School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 1,986 students were enrolled in the Whitewater Unified School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 3.2% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the district.

Whitewater Unified School District roughly covers eight schools within Walworth County and has a main office in Whitewater.

Among the eight schools in Whitewater Unified School District, Whitewater High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 19 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	1,986	63	3.2%
2021-22	1,907	61	3.2%
2020-21	1,843	65	3.5%
2019-20	1,997	60	3%
2018-19	1,940	48	2.5%
2017-18	1,927	45	2.3%
2016-17	1,992	52	2.6%
2015-16	1,940	51	2.6%
2014-15	1,962	46	2.3%
2013-14	1,943	49	2.5%
2012-13	1,948	43	2.2%
2011-12	2,036	40	2%
2010-11	2,022	48	2.4%
2009-10	2,033	51	2.5%
2008-09	2,061	44	2.1%
2007-08	2,013	37	1.8%