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Enrollment Analysis: Multiracial students comprised 4% of Milwaukee School District's student body 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

There were 2,675 multiracial students enrolled in Milwaukee School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 67,500 students were enrolled in the Milwaukee School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 4% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.

Milwaukee School District roughly covers 292 schools within Milwaukee County and has a main office in Milwaukee.

Among the 292 schools in Milwaukee School District, Milwaukee German Immersion recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 72 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 Milwaukee School District in 2022-23 School Year
Black [49.8%]Hispanic [28.1%]White [9.3%]Asian [8.4%]Ethnicities <5% [4.4%]
Multiracial Enrollment in Milwaukee School District During Last 13 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal multiracial Studentsmultiracial %
2022-2367,5002,6754%
2021-2269,1152,6103.8%
2020-2171,5102,5563.6%
2019-2074,6832,4383.3%
2018-1975,4312,1982.9%
2017-1875,5391,9402.6%
2016-1776,2071,5582%
2015-1675,7496930.9%
2014-1577,3164270.6%
2013-1478,5163970.5%
2012-1378,3633180.4%
2011-1279,1302190.3%
2010-1180,934710.1%

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