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There were 266 Black students enrolled in Manitowoc County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.9% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction report.

Data showed that Manitowoc County welcomed 10,322 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 2.6% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 30 schools in Manitowoc County, Lincoln High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 52 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.

School name	% of Black students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Between the Lakes Virtual Academy	5.1%	39
Clarke Middle School	2%	462
Franklin Elementary School	6.7%	389
Jackson Elementary School	1.1%	377
Jefferson Elementary School	3.9%	360
Kiel High School	1.3%	379
Kiel Middle School	0.6%	332
Kiel eSchool	4%	25
Koenig Elementary School	4.9%	325
Lighthouse Learning Academy	6.5%	216
Lincoln High School	3.5%	1,484
Madison Elementary School	6.1%	228
Magee Elementary School	0.6%	313
McKinley Academy	5%	121
Monroe Elementary School	6.7%	285
Riverview Early Learning Center	3.5%	255
Riverview Elementary School	2.9%	272
Two Rivers High School	1.5%	474
Valders Elementary School	1%	393
Washington Middle School	6.1%	491
Wilson Middle School	3.5%	464
Zielanis Elementary School	1.3%	449