Quantcast

Whitewater Times

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 69.9% of Watertown Unified School District's student body in 2022-23 school year

Webp e8teaw4necbi462xabjk8hx77t6i

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 2,237 white 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, white students comprised 69.9% of the student body to be the 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, Watertown High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 791 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.

Ethnicities in Watertown Unified School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [69.9%]Hispanic [21.7%]Multiracial [5%]Ethnicities <5% [3.4%]
White Enrollment in Watertown Unified School District During Last 16 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal white Studentswhite %
2022-233,2022,23769.9%
2021-223,2652,31670.9%
2020-213,2962,40773%
2019-203,5772,60172.7%
2018-193,6212,69574.4%
2017-183,6702,80976.5%
2016-173,7352,90477.8%
2015-163,7792,99879.3%
2014-153,8763,11580.4%
2013-143,8643,14181.3%
2012-133,8443,13681.6%
2011-123,8893,18281.8%
2010-113,9513,27082.8%
2009-103,9423,30883.9%
2008-093,8943,31385.1%
2007-083,8803,33886%

!RECEIVE ALERTS

The next time we write about any of these orgs, we’ll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings or unsubscribe at any time.
Sign-up

DONATE

Help support the Metric Media Foundation's mission to restore community based news.
Donate

MORE NEWS