Tri-City Sun

Heritage High School had the highest enrollment among Saginaw County schools, welcoming 1,396 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.4% of them were girls, and 48.6% were boys.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 55.8% of the Heritage High School total enrollment.

Among the 73 schools in Saginaw County, White Pine Middle School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 940 students, while Freeland Middle School/High School welcomed 885 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Heritage High School is part of Saginaw Township Community Schools, which roughly covers schools within Saginaw County, with its main office in Saginaw.

In the previous school year, Heritage High School also had the highest number of students among Saginaw County schools.

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.

School name	City	Total School Enrollment
Heritage High School	Saginaw	1,396
White Pine Middle School	Saginaw	940
Freeland Middle School/High School	Freeland	885
Freeland Elementary School	Freeland	753
Arthur Hill High School	Saginaw	726
Carrollton Elementary School	Saginaw	688
North Elementary School	Birch Run	667
Birch Run High School	Birch Run	573
Sherwood Elementary School	Saginaw	565
North Saginaw Charter Academy	Saginaw	561
Chesaning Middle School	Chesaning	557
Marshall Greene Middle School	Birch Run	548
Swan Valley High School	Saginaw	536
Frankenmuth High School	Frankenmuth	524
Bridgeport High School	Bridgeport	501
Francis Reh PSA	Saginaw	499
Carrollton High School	Saginaw	484
Lorenz C. List School	Frankenmuth	481
Arrowwood Elementary School	Saginaw	437
Shields Elementary School	Saginaw	435
Big Rock Elementary School	Chesaning	417
Saginaw High School	Saginaw	405
Chesaning Union High School	Chesaning	405
Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy	Saginaw	399
Thompson Middle School	Saginaw	397
Robert B. Havens Elementary School	Saginaw	394
Swan Valley Middle School	Saginaw	386
St. Charles Elementary School	St. Charles	376
Carrollton Middle School	Saginaw	372
Weiss Elementary School	Saginaw	371
Bridgeport-Spaulding Middle School-Schrah	Saginaw	365
E. F. Rittmueller Middle School	Frankenmuth	363
Stone School	Saginaw	352
K. C. Ling Elementary School	Hemlock	351
Jessie Loomis School	Saginaw	348
Freeland Learning Center	Freeland	348
Martin G. Atkins Elementary School	Saginaw	346
Hemlock Middle School	Hemlock	335
Herig School	Saginaw	332
Kempton Elementary School	Saginaw	331
Westdale Elementary School	Saginaw	327
St. Charles Community Middle-High School	St. Charles	326
Chester F. Miller School	Saginaw	325
Hemmeter Elementary School	Saginaw	323
Merrill Park Elementary School	Saginaw	321
Hemlock High School	Hemlock	314
Saginaw Preparatory Academy	Saginaw	308
Handley School	Saginaw	303
Arthur Eddy Academy	Saginaw	299
Zilwaukee K-8 School	Saginaw	259
Thomas White School	Saginaw	222
Jessie Rouse School	Saginaw	220
Merrill Elementary School	Merrill	210
M. G. Millet Learning Center	Saginaw	191
Merrill High School	Merrill	185
The Success Academy	Saginaw	148
Saginaw ISD Transitions Center	Saginaw	135
The Woodley Leadership Academy	Saginaw	134
Mackinaw High School	Saginaw	133
Saginaw Covenant Academy	Saginaw	128
Merrill Middle School	Merrill	127
Omni High School	Carrollton	126
Hemlock Elementary School	Hemlock	106
St. Charles Virtual School	St. Charles	82
International Academy of Saginaw	Saginaw	80
Hemlock Alternative Education	Hemlock	56
Swan Valley Adult and Alternative Education	Saginaw	30
Chesaning Union Schools Alternative Education	Chesaning	30
Birch Run Progressive High School	Birch Run	29
Saginaw County Juvenile Center	Saginaw	25
Michael J. McGivney	Saginaw	23
Career Opportunities Center	Saginaw	13
Saginaw Correctional Facility	Freeland	4