Whitewater Times

There were 54 multiracial students enrolled in Jefferson School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 1,731 students were enrolled in the Jefferson School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 3.1% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.

Jefferson School District roughly covers seven schools within Jefferson County and has a main office in Jefferson.

Among the seven schools in Jefferson School District, Jefferson High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 17 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 multiracial Students	multiracial %
2022-23	1,731	54	3.1%
2021-22	1,752	53	3%
2020-21	1,806	41	2.3%
2019-20	1,821	39	2.1%
2018-19	1,874	40	2.1%
2017-18	1,932	32	1.7%
2016-17	1,905	16	0.8%
2015-16	1,957	15	0.8%
2014-15	1,928	9	0.5%
2013-14	1,935	12	0.6%
2012-13	1,924	12	0.6%
2011-12	1,932	5	0.3%
2010-11	1,901	2	0.1%