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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 9.5% of Bay County's student body in 2022-23 school year

Superintendent of public instruction michael f rice 2023

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

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

There were 1,222 Hispanic students enrolled in Bay County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.3% more 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, Hispanic students comprised 9.5% of the student body to be the second highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 34 schools in Bay County, Bay City Central High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 153 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 Bay County in 2022-23 School Year

White [80.7%]Hispanic [9.5%]Multiracial [6%]Ethnicities < 5% [3.8%]

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

School name% of Hispanic students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Bay City Central High School14.81,033
Handy Middle School16.5685
Christa McAuliffe Middle School13.2657
John Glenn High School10.1849
Washington Elementary School19.2395
Kolb Elementary School14.5477
MacGregor Elementary School22313
Hampton Elementary School14.3405
Bay City Western High School4.31,102
Western Middle School6.1726
Bangor West Central School10.1356
Bay City Academy Farragut Campus9.1341
Bangor Lincoln School9.5317
Garber High School4.7514
Auburn Elementary School5.1474
McAlear-Sawden Elementary School6.8352
Bangor Central School7327
MacKensen Elementary School9.4245
Bay-Arenac Community High School13.2174
Bay City Eastern High School19.8116
Cramer Junior High School4.8456
State Street Academy8.5258
Great Lakes Bay Early College11.5182
Verellen Elementary School5.9303
Pinconning Central Elementary School3.3361
Bangor Township Virtual School8.6140
Pinconning Middle School4273
W. R. Bush Elementary School4.8227
Pinconning High School2.3394
Bay City Adult Education CTP11.163
Intermediate School District Local Programs6.789
LLC - Bay Campus6.676
Linwood Elementary School1.5130
Detention Center254

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