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Beloit School District Education: 1,101 Black students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

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Beloit School District Superintendent Willie E. Garrison II (2023) | Beloit School District

Beloit School District Superintendent Willie E. Garrison II (2023) | Beloit School District

There were 1,101 Black students enrolled in Beloit School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 5,165 students were enrolled in the Beloit School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 21.3% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.

Beloit School District roughly covers 24 schools within Rock County and has a main office in Beloit.

Among the 24 schools in Beloit School District, Memorial High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 280 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.

Ethnicities in Beloit School District in 2022-23 School Year
Hispanic [35.6%]White [32%]Black [21.3%]Multiracial [10%]Ethnicities <5% [1.1%]
Black Enrollment in Beloit School District During Last 17 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal Black StudentsBlack %
2022-235,1651,10121.3%
2021-225,5341,21021.9%
2020-215,9231,31722.2%
2019-206,3471,45622.9%
2018-196,4741,48122.9%
2017-186,8231,59123.3%
2016-176,9431,54922.3%
2015-167,0121,50521.5%
2014-157,1331,59122.3%
2013-147,1161,62822.9%
2012-136,9851,63223.4%
2011-126,9671,67424%
2010-116,8911,66824.2%
2009-107,1461,90626.7%
2008-097,1301,95327.4%
2007-087,3211,99227.2%
2006-077,1251,95427.4%

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