Whitewater Times

The majority of students in Walworth County districts were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 14,850 students attending Walworth County district schools, 70% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnic group among Walworth County's districts, making up 24.9% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Walworth County districts, representing 71.4% of the student body.

Elkhorn Area School District, Lake Geneva-Genoa City UHS School District and Whitewater Unified School District had the most diverse student body in the county, which included American Indian, Asian, African American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, multiracial, and white.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped to 0.9% compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Walworth County.

White students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnic group in Wisconsin. 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.

District	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Big Foot UHS School District	White	73	456
Delavan-Darien School District	Hispanic	52.7	1,817
East Troy Community School District	White	88.6	1,456
Elkhorn Area School District	White	80.6	3,582
Fontana J8 School District	White	89.8	206
Geneva J4 School District	White	80.9	152
Genoa City J2 School District	White	63.5	469
Lake Geneva J1 School District	White	69.4	1,824
Lake Geneva-Genoa City UHS School District	White	70.6	1,347
Linn J4 School District	White	63.2	95
Linn J6 School District	White	86.5	148
Sharon J11 School District	White	73.1	208
Walworth J1 School District	White	61.8	432
Whitewater Unified School District	White	54.3	1,986
Williams Bay School District	White	90.9	672