Enrollment Analysis: American Indian students comprised 0.4% of Bay County's student body in 2022-23 school year

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

By Tri-City Sun

Apr 22, 2024

There were 49 American Indian students enrolled in Bay County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2% 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, American Indian students comprised 0.4% of the student body to be the second lowest represented ethnicity in the county.

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

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

School name	% of American Indian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Bay City Central High School	0.8	1,033
Handy Middle School	0.9	685
Bay City Western High School	0.3	1,102
Western Middle School	0.4	726
McAlear-Sawden Elementary School	0.9	352
Pinconning High School	0.8	394
Pinconning Central Elementary School	0.8	361
Bay City Academy Farragut Campus	0.9	341
Bangor Central School	0.6	327
Kolb Elementary School	0.4	477
Intermediate School District Local Programs	2.2	89
John Glenn High School	0.1	849
Garber High School	0.2	514
Washington Elementary School	0.3	395
Cramer Junior High School	0.2	456
Auburn Elementary School	0.2	474
MacGregor Elementary School	0.3	313
Bay-Arenac Community High School	0.6	174
Bangor Township Virtual School	0.7	140
Pinconning Middle School	0.4	273
Verellen Elementary School	0.3	303
Detention Center	25	4
Great Lakes Bay Early College	0	182
Christa McAuliffe Middle School	0	657
Bangor West Central School	0	356
Hampton Elementary School	0	405
Bangor Lincoln School	0	317
Bay City Adult Education CTP	0	63
W. R. Bush Elementary School	0	227
LLC - Bay Campus	0	76
Bay City Eastern High School	0	116
State Street Academy	0	258
Linwood Elementary School	0	130
MacKensen Elementary School	0	245