Whitewater Times

There were 1,668 Hispanic students enrolled in Jefferson County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.1% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Jefferson County schools welcomed 9,364 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 17.8% of the student body to be the represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 30 schools in Jefferson County, Riverside Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 139 students.

According to the Nation’s Report Card 2022 results, Black fourth-graders in Wisconsin scored an average of 40 points lower than their white colleagues in both math and reading.

Data also showed that Black students were three times as likely to fail the reading test than white pupils in the state. The gap is even larger in mathematics, with Black students failing five times more than white students.

These achievement gaps are also reflected in graduation rates. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Meanwhile, 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.

School name	% of Hispanic students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Barrie Elementary School	12.3%	212
Cambridge High School	4.3%	259
East Elementary School	19.3%	270
Fort Atkinson 4K	16.2%	68
Fort Atkinson High School	14%	876
Fort Atkinson Middle School	12.3%	462
Ixonia Elementary School	3.8%	265
Jefferson High School	21.2%	613
Jefferson Middle School	21.2%	373
Johnson Creek Public School	16.9%	620
Lake Mills Elementary School	9.1%	616
Lake Mills High School	14.9%	477
Lake Mills Middle School	9.8%	389
Lincoln Elementary School	6.9%	146
Luther Elementary School	23.5%	247
Palmyra-Eagle High School	15.2%	178
Palmyra-Eagle Middle School	10.1%	99
Purdy Elementary School	20.5%	268
Riverside Middle School	21.4%	649
Rockwell Elementary School	19.6%	199
Schurz Elementary School	57.2%	236
Sullivan Elementary School	0.7%	152
Waterloo Elementary School	27.2%	276
Waterloo High School	28.1%	260
Waterloo Intermediate School	29.1%	103
Waterloo Middle School	27.1%	107
Watertown 4 Kids	29.1%	172
Webster Elementary School	16.6%	373
West Elementary School	28%	257
eCampus Academy Charter School	23.9%	142