Tri-City Sun

There were 25,691 students enrolled in Saginaw County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.1% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.7% of the county student body, while the other 48.3% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 54.5% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Saginaw County schools, followed by 27.3% of African American students, 12.6% of Hispanic students, 4% of multiracial students, 1% of Asian students, 0.3% of Hawaiian students and 0.2% of American Indian students.

Heritage High School had the highest enrollment among Saginaw County's 79 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 1,396 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
Heritage High School	1,402	1,396	-0.4
White Pine Middle School	1,028	940	-8.6
Freeland Middle School/High School	890	885	-0.6
Freeland Elementary School	751	753	0.3
Arthur Hill High School	785	726	-7.5
Carrollton Elementary School	722	688	-4.7
North Elementary School	680	667	-1.9
Birch Run High School	618	573	-7.3
Sherwood Elementary School	546	565	3.5
North Saginaw Charter Academy	570	561	-1.6
Chesaning Middle School	522	557	6.7
Marshall Greene Middle School	527	548	4
Swan Valley High School	539	536	-0.6
Frankenmuth High School	536	524	-2.2
Bridgeport High School	568	501	-11.8
Francis Reh PSA	476	499	4.8
Carrollton High School	506	484	-4.3
Lorenz C. List School	464	481	3.7
Arrowwood Elementary School	428	437	2.1
Shields Elementary School	446	435	-2.5
Big Rock Elementary School	462	417	-9.7
Saginaw High School	419	405	-3.3
Chesaning Union High School	425	405	-4.7
Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy	412	399	-3.2
Thompson Middle School	413	397	-3.9
Robert B. Havens Elementary School	375	394	5.1
Swan Valley Middle School	401	386	-3.7
St. Charles Elementary School	358	376	5
Carrollton Middle School	378	372	-1.6
Weiss Elementary School	359	371	3.3
Bridgeport-Spaulding Middle School-Schrah	357	365	2.2
E. F. Rittmueller Middle School	343	363	5.8
Stone School	304	352	15.8
K. C. Ling Elementary School	351	351	0
Jessie Loomis School	314	348	10.8
Freeland Learning Center	319	348	9.1
Martin G. Atkins Elementary School	359	346	-3.6
Hemlock Middle School	308	335	8.8
Herig School	352	332	-5.7
Kempton Elementary School	320	331	3.4
Westdale Elementary School	319	327	2.5
St. Charles Community Middle-High School	342	326	-4.7
Chester F. Miller School	260	325	25
Hemmeter Elementary School	317	323	1.9
Merrill Park Elementary School	302	321	6.3
Hemlock High School	343	314	-8.5
Saginaw Preparatory Academy	267	308	15.4
Handley School	283	303	7.1
Arthur Eddy Academy	305	299	-2
Zilwaukee K-8 School	270	259	-4.1
Thomas White School	217	222	2.3
Jessie Rouse School	203	220	8.4
Merrill Elementary School	194	210	8.2
M. G. Millet Learning Center	195	191	-2.1
Merrill High School	203	185	-8.9
The Success Academy	102	148	45.1
Saginaw ISD Transitions Center	8	135	1,587.5
The Woodley Leadership Academy	200	134	-33
Mackinaw High School	149	133	-10.7
Saginaw Covenant Academy	105	128	21.9
Merrill Middle School	121	127	5
Omni High School	89	126	41.6
Hemlock Elementary School	110	106	-3.6
St. Charles Virtual School	105	82	-21.9
International Academy of Saginaw	88	80	-9.1
Hemlock Alternative Education	57	56	-1.8
Swan Valley Adult and Alternative Education	28	30	7.1
Chesaning Union Schools Alternative Education	31	30	-3.2
Birch Run Progressive High School	22	29	31.8
Saginaw County Juvenile Center	15	25	66.7
Michael J. McGivney	24	23	-4.2
Career Opportunities Center	9	13	44.4
Saginaw Correctional Facility	6	4	-33.3
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