Tri-City Sun

There were 12,814 students enrolled in Bay County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.2% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.3% of the county student body, while the other 48.7% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 80.7% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Bay County schools, followed by 9.5% of Hispanic students, 6% of multiracial students, 2.8% of African American students, 0.5% of Asian students, 0.4% of American Indian students and less than 0.1% of Hawaiian students.

Bay City Western High School had the highest enrollment among Bay County's 36 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 1,102 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.

School name	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Bay City Western High School	1,172	1,102	-6
Bay City Central High School	1,162	1,033	-11.1
John Glenn High School	848	849	0.1
Western Middle School	715	726	1.5
Handy Middle School	785	685	-12.7
Christa McAuliffe Middle School	606	657	8.4
Garber High School	546	514	-5.9
Kolb Elementary School	429	477	11.2
Auburn Elementary School	463	474	2.4
Cramer Junior High School	469	456	-2.8
Hampton Elementary School	408	405	-0.7
Washington Elementary School	368	395	7.3
Pinconning High School	397	394	-0.8
Pinconning Central Elementary School	359	361	0.6
Bangor West Central School	307	356	16
McAlear-Sawden Elementary School	339	352	3.8
Bay City Academy Farragut Campus	338	341	0.9
Bangor Central School	325	327	0.6
Bangor Lincoln School	304	317	4.3
MacGregor Elementary School	323	313	-3.1
Verellen Elementary School	300	303	1
Pinconning Middle School	273	273	0
State Street Academy	205	258	25.9
MacKensen Elementary School	240	245	2.1
W. R. Bush Elementary School	223	227	1.8
Great Lakes Bay Early College	207	182	-12.1
Bay-Arenac Community High School	177	174	-1.7
Bangor Township Virtual School	162	140	-13.6
Linwood Elementary School	133	130	-2.3
Bay City Eastern High School	155	116	-25.2
Intermediate School District Local Programs	102	89	-12.7
LLC - Bay Campus	80	76	-5
Bay City Adult Education CTP	49	63	28.6
Detention Center	9	4	-55.6
Linsday Elementary	125	--	--