Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 54.5% of Saginaw County's student body in 2022-23 school year

MI Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael F. Rice 2023 | Michigan Department of Education

By Tri-City Sun

May 5, 2024

There were 14,007 white students enrolled in Saginaw County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.5% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Saginaw County welcomed 25,691 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 54.5% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 73 schools in Saginaw County, Freeland Middle School/High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 806 students.

Overall student enrollment in Michigan remains below pre-pandemic levels, with white students experiencing the largest decline at 6.5%.

Academic performance has also suffered, with the state's average NAEP score dropping by 6.5 points and ethnic achievement gaps have widened. Black and Hispanic students' average math proficiency dropped by 7% in 2022, to 13.5% and 28.2%, respectively.

Ethnicities in Saginaw County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Saginaw County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Freeland Middle School/High School	91.1	885
Heritage High School	55.8	1,396
Freeland Elementary School	89	753
North Elementary School	96	667
Chesaning Middle School	91.4	557
Marshall Greene Middle School	90.1	548
Birch Run High School	86	573
Frankenmuth High School	91	524
White Pine Middle School	50.3	940
Lorenz C. List School	89.4	481
Swan Valley High School	75.7	536
Big Rock Elementary School	91.6	417
Shields Elementary School	80.2	435
Chesaning Union High School	85.9	405
St. Charles Elementary School	92	376
E. F. Rittmueller Middle School	91.7	363
K. C. Ling Elementary School	91.5	351
Freeland Learning Center	88.2	348
Hemlock Middle School	91	335
Robert B. Havens Elementary School	77.2	394
Swan Valley Middle School	77.2	386
St. Charles Community Middle-High School	90.2	326
Hemlock High School	89.2	314
Hemmeter Elementary School	81.4	323
Carrollton Elementary School	37.5	688
Sherwood Elementary School	43.2	565
Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy	50.6	399
Merrill Elementary School	95.2	210
Carrollton High School	38.6	484
Arrowwood Elementary School	41.6	437
Weiss Elementary School	49.1	371
Merrill High School	89.2	185
Westdale Elementary School	42.5	327
Carrollton Middle School	36.6	372
Merrill Middle School	90.6	127
Zilwaukee K-8 School	40.2	259
Handley School	33	303
Arthur Hill High School	13.5	726
Hemlock Elementary School	92.5	106
M. G. Millet Learning Center	48.7	191
Saginaw ISD Transitions Center	68.9	135
Kempton Elementary School	26.3	331
Chester F. Miller School	25.2	325
Stone School	18.8	352
Merrill Park Elementary School	20.2	321
Omni High School	50	126
St. Charles Virtual School	76.8	82
Herig School	18.7	332
North Saginaw Charter Academy	11.1	561
Martin G. Atkins Elementary School	17.1	346
Thompson Middle School	14.6	397
Bridgeport High School	11.4	501
Mackinaw High School	42.9	133
Hemlock Alternative Education	89.3	56
Thomas White School	20.3	222
Bridgeport-Spaulding Middle School-Schrah	10.7	365
Chesaning Union Schools Alternative Education	93.3	30
Birch Run Progressive High School	72.4	29
Jessie Rouse School	8.6	220
Swan Valley Adult and Alternative Education	60	30
The Success Academy	11.5	148
Saginaw Covenant Academy	10.9	128
Michael J. McGivney	43.5	23
Saginaw High School	2.5	405
Arthur Eddy Academy	3	299
Career Opportunities Center	61.5	13
Jessie Loomis School	2.3	348
Saginaw Preparatory Academy	2.6	308
The Woodley Leadership Academy	6	134
International Academy of Saginaw	6.3	80
Saginaw County Juvenile Center	12	25
Francis Reh PSA	0.4	499
Saginaw Correctional Facility	25	4