Southern Wisconsin Times

There were 17,014 white students enrolled in Rock County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 2.9% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Rock County welcomed 25,197 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 67.5% of the student body, making them the most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the nine districts in Rock County, Janesville School District recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 6,503 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Rock 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	% of white Students	Total Enrollment
Beloit School District	32%	5,165
Beloit Turner School District	74.3%	1,631
Clinton Community School District	80.3%	1,062
Edgerton School District	84%	1,930
Evansville Community School District	85.1%	1,594
Janesville School District	68.2%	9,537
Milton School District	88.6%	3,425
Parkview School District	91.7%	853