Beloit
Beloit's Absence Rate Reversed Course, Getting Worse Again
Correction (July 23, 2026): An earlier version called Beloit the only large district to worsen more than 4 points in 2025 and the worst traditional district in the state. Medford Area Public also wors...
Only 28% of Wisconsin Districts Have Recovered from COVID
Not one of Wisconsin's 10 largest school districts has recovered the students it lost during the pandemic. Not Milwaukee, not Madison, not Kenosha. Zero for 10. Statewide, only 116 of 420 districts, 2...
One in Seven Wisconsin Students Is Now Hispanic
In 2006, roughly one in 15 Wisconsin public school students was Hispanic. By 2025, it was one in seven. That shift, from 58,939 students to 116,817, represents a 98.2% increase over 19 years, and it h...
150,000 Fewer White Students in 19 Years
Wisconsin lost 67,640 public school students between 2006 and 2025. White students alone lost 150,475.
Wisconsin Hits an All-Time Low: 805,881 Students
Every year since 2014-15, Wisconsin's public schools have opened with fewer students than the year before. The streak has now reached 10 observed years with no interruption, no plateau, no sign of a f...