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Green County's student body comprised mostly of white students in 2022-23 school year

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WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly 2023 | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Among the many ethnicities represented in Green County schools, white was the most prevalent ethnicity among Green County students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 5,416 students attending Green County schools, 87.1% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 8.4% of Green County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Green County, representing 87.5% of the student body.

Abraham Lincoln Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 87% white students, 10.3% Hispanic students, 1.5% multiracial students, 0.6% Black students, 0.3% Asian students, and 0.3% Pacific Islander students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.8% compared to the previous year.

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.

Ethnicities in Green County in 2022-23 School Year
White [87.1%]Hispanic [8.4%]Ethnicities <5% [4.5%]
Students' Most Represented Ethnicity in Green County Schools in 2022-23 School Year
School nameMost Represented ethnicityPercent of Total Student BodyTotal Enrollment
Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolWhite87%330
Albany Community Middle SchoolWhite90.3%72
Albany Elementary SchoolWhite92.4%119
Albany High SchoolWhite86.3%80
Brodhead High SchoolWhite89.5%315
Brodhead Middle SchoolWhite87%230
Brooklyn Elementary SchoolWhite89.1%358
Juda Elementary SchoolWhite96.2%184
Juda High SchoolWhite93.9%99
Monroe High SchoolWhite83.5%729
Monroe Middle SchoolWhite80.4%464
Monticello Elementary SchoolWhite91.7%132
Monticello High SchoolWhite94%100
Monticello Middle SchoolWhite92.7%68
New Glarus Elementary SchoolWhite88.4%422
New Glarus High SchoolWhite94.1%320
New Glarus Middle SchoolWhite89%219
Northside Elementary SchoolWhite89.6%364
Parkside Elementary SchoolWhite71.8%340
Ronald R. Albrecht Elementary SchoolWhite87.9%471

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