Southern Wisconsin Times

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

Of the 25,197 students attending Rock County district schools, 67.5% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnic group among Rock County's districts, making up 16.8% of the student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Rock County districts, representing 67.2% of the student body.

Beloit School District had the most even distribution of races among county districts, which included 35.6% of Hispanic students, 32% of white students, 21.3% of African American students, 10% of multiracial students, 0.7% of Asian students, and 0.1% of Pacific Islander students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in school districts in the county dropped to 3.3% compared to the previous year.

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

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.

District	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Beloit School District	Hispanic	35.6	5,165
Beloit Turner School District	White	74.2	1,631
Clinton Community School District	White	80.3	1,062
Edgerton School District	White	84	1,930
Evansville Community School District	White	85.1	1,594
Janesville School District	White	68.2	9,537
Milton School District	White	88.6	3,425
Parkview School District	White	91.7	853