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Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 60.6% of Wauwatosa 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 4,201 white students enrolled in Wauwatosa School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 6,935 students were enrolled in the Wauwatosa School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 60.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Wauwatosa School District roughly covers 19 schools within Milwaukee County and has a main office in Wauwatosa.

Among the 19 schools in Wauwatosa School District, East High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 707 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 Wauwatosa School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [60.6%]Black [18.9%]Hispanic [8.7%]Multiracial [7.5%]Ethnicities <5% [4.3%]
White Enrollment in Wauwatosa School District During Last 16 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal white Studentswhite %
2022-236,9354,20160.6%
2021-226,9684,27661.4%
2020-216,9174,32862.6%
2019-207,2314,58763.4%
2018-197,2194,57763.4%
2017-187,1354,60264.5%
2016-177,0814,60165%
2015-167,2714,73665.1%
2014-157,2274,72265.3%
2013-147,2044,81266.8%
2012-137,2044,84167.2%
2011-127,2754,92167.6%
2010-117,2084,97669%
2009-107,1335,13572%
2008-096,8115,03073.9%
2007-086,7805,07474.8%

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