Whitefish Bay School District Superintendent John Thomsen (2023) | Whitefish Bay School District
Whitefish Bay School District Superintendent John Thomsen (2023) | Whitefish Bay School District
Data showed that 2,860 students were enrolled in the Whitefish Bay School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 5.1% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the district.
Whitefish Bay School District roughly covers six schools within Milwaukee County and has a main office in Whitefish Bay.
Among the six schools in Whitefish Bay School District, Whitefish Bay High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 67 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.
| Year | Total District Enrollment | Total Black Students | Black % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 2,860 | 145 | 5.1% |
| 2021-22 | 2,847 | 157 | 5.5% |
| 2020-21 | 2,864 | 170 | 5.9% |
| 2019-20 | 3,018 | 192 | 6.4% |
| 2018-19 | 2,992 | 191 | 6.4% |
| 2017-18 | 2,971 | 228 | 7.7% |
| 2016-17 | 3,035 | 259 | 8.5% |
| 2015-16 | 3,031 | 255 | 8.4% |
| 2014-15 | 3,084 | 296 | 9.6% |
| 2013-14 | 3,117 | 316 | 10.1% |
| 2012-13 | 3,097 | 325 | 10.5% |
| 2011-12 | 3,040 | 328 | 10.8% |
| 2010-11 | 2,989 | 313 | 10.5% |
| 2009-10 | 2,976 | 323 | 10.9% |
| 2008-09 | 2,939 | 313 | 10.7% |
| 2007-08 | 2,931 | 314 | 10.7% |
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