Tri-City Sun

There were 10,343 white students enrolled in Bay County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.5% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Bay County welcomed 12,814 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 80.7% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 34 schools in Bay County, Bay City Western High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 996 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	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Bay City Western High School	90.4	1,102
Bay City Central High School	68.7	1,033
John Glenn High School	83	849
Western Middle School	88.4	726
Christa McAuliffe Middle School	79.9	657
Garber High School	90.3	514
Handy Middle School	64.2	685
Auburn Elementary School	89.7	474
Cramer Junior High School	88.2	456
Pinconning High School	90.9	394
Kolb Elementary School	73.2	477
Pinconning Central Elementary School	92.2	361
Bangor West Central School	84.3	356
Hampton Elementary School	73.1	405
McAlear-Sawden Elementary School	83	352
Bangor Central School	86.2	327
Verellen Elementary School	89.8	303
Bangor Lincoln School	83.6	317
Pinconning Middle School	91.2	273
Washington Elementary School	60.5	395
Bay City Academy Farragut Campus	67.2	341
MacKensen Elementary School	82.9	245
W. R. Bush Elementary School	89.4	227
State Street Academy	76	258
MacGregor Elementary School	60.4	313
Great Lakes Bay Early College	75.8	182
Bay-Arenac Community High School	78.7	174
Linwood Elementary School	94.6	130
Bangor Township Virtual School	86.4	140
Intermediate School District Local Programs	84.3	89
LLC - Bay Campus	89.5	76
Bay City Eastern High School	57.8	116
Bay City Adult Education CTP	77.8	63
Detention Center	25	4