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There were 1,314 Hispanic students enrolled in Manitowoc County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 5.5% more than the previous year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Data showed that Manitowoc County schools welcomed 10,342 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 12.7% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 30 schools in Manitowoc County, Lincoln High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 242 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.

These achievement gaps are also reflected in graduation rates. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Meanwhile, 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.

School name	% of Hispanic students enrollment	Total Enrollment
Between the Lakes Virtual Academy	2.9%	70
Clarke Middle School	9.6%	428
Cleveland Elementary School	44.1%	118
Franklin Elementary School	17.5%	395
Jackson Elementary School	13%	353
Jefferson Elementary School	31%	352
Kiel High School	8.4%	392
Kiel Middle School	4.7%	344
Kiel eSchool	11.5%	26
Koenig Elementary School	13.7%	321
Lighthouse Learning Academy	3.6%	280
Lincoln High School	16.6%	1,455
Madison Elementary School	23.2%	207
Magee Elementary School	8.5%	342
McKinley Academy	19.4%	93
Mishicot High School	3%	265
Mishicot Middle School	4.8%	210
Monroe Elementary School	9.6%	270
Reedsville Elementary School	13.1%	328
Reedsville Junior-Senior High School	14.7%	266
Riverview Early Learning Center	16.3%	246
Riverview Elementary School	18.6%	296
Schultz Elementary School	4.9%	452
Two Rivers High School	7.1%	477
Valders Elementary School	7.6%	407
Valders High School	6.6%	286
Valders Middle School	7.6%	262
Washington Middle School	22.7%	503
Wilson Middle School	14.7%	471
Zielanis Elementary School	5.2%	427