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There were four Black students enrolled in Valders Area School District during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that 970 students were enrolled in the Valders Area School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 0.4% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the district.

Valders Area School District roughly covers four schools within Manitowoc County and has a main office in Valders.

Among the four schools in Valders Area School District, Valders Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of four students.

In Wisconsin, white students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnicity. 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total Black Students	Black %
2022-23	970	4	0.4%
2021-22	989	3	0.3%
2020-21	969	4	0.4%
2019-20	980	2	0.2%
2018-19	980	3	0.3%
2017-18	994	2	0.2%
2016-17	1,022	2	0.2%
2015-16	980	3	0.3%
2014-15	1,004	8	0.8%
2013-14	1,024	9	0.9%
2012-13	981	7	0.7%
2011-12	1,016	6	0.6%
2010-11	1,036	4	0.4%
2009-10	1,080	1	0.1%
2008-09	1,089	4	0.4%
2007-08	1,099	3	0.3%