Milwaukee City Wire

There were 39,067 Black students enrolled in Milwaukee County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 10.3% less than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Milwaukee County welcomed 118,254 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 33% of the student body, making them the most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 35 districts in Milwaukee County, Milwaukee School District recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 33,625 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Milwaukee 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 Black Students	Total Enrollment
Brown Deer School District	54.6%	1,655
Cudahy School District	9.4%	2,093
Fox Point J2 School District	5.5%	825
Franklin Public School District	2.1%	4,781
Glendale-River Hills School District	32.7%	962
Greendale School District	2.1%	2,664
Greenfield School District	5.4%	3,493
Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District	8.8%	442
Milwaukee School District	49.8%	67,500
Nicolet Union High School School District	23%	1,089
Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District	5.1%	6,510
Saint Francis School District	8%	1,066
Seeds of Health Inc.	14.5%	1,181
Shorewood School District	10.9%	1,933
South Milwaukee School District	6.3%	2,773
Wauwatosa School District	18.9%	6,935
West Allis-West Milwaukee School District	11.7%	7,095
Whitefish Bay School District	5.1%	2,860
Whitnall School District	4%	2,397