Tri-City Sun

There were 7,020 African American students enrolled in Saginaw County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.6% more than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Saginaw County welcomed 25,691 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 27.3% of the student body to be the second highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 73 schools in Saginaw County, Arthur Hill High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 494 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 African American students enrolment	Total enrollment
Arthur Hill High School	68	726
Francis Reh PSA	87.4	499
Bridgeport High School	72.5	501
Saginaw High School	89.6	405
North Saginaw Charter Academy	62.7	561
Jessie Loomis School	84.5	348
Arthur Eddy Academy	93	299
Heritage High School	19.4	1,396
Thompson Middle School	67	397
Bridgeport-Spaulding Middle School-Schrah	69.6	365
Saginaw Preparatory Academy	82.1	308
Stone School	62.5	352
Kempton Elementary School	65.6	331
Martin G. Atkins Elementary School	62.7	346
White Pine Middle School	20.4	940
Herig School	53.3	332
Carrollton Elementary School	23.7	688
Jessie Rouse School	73.6	220
Merrill Park Elementary School	47	321
Carrollton High School	30.6	484
Chester F. Miller School	43.4	325
Thomas White School	62.2	222
Sherwood Elementary School	20.5	565
The Success Academy	75	148
Zilwaukee K-8 School	41.7	259
Handley School	35.3	303
Carrollton Middle School	28	372
Arrowwood Elementary School	22.9	437
Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy	24.6	399
The Woodley Leadership Academy	67.9	134
Saginaw Covenant Academy	64.1	128
Weiss Elementary School	20.2	371
Westdale Elementary School	22.9	327
M. G. Millet Learning Center	38.2	191
International Academy of Saginaw	77.5	80
Mackinaw High School	25.6	133
Saginaw ISD Transitions Center	21.5	135
Omni High School	17.5	126
Saginaw County Juvenile Center	64	25
Swan Valley High School	2.8	536
Frankenmuth High School	2.7	524
Michael J. McGivney	56.5	23
Marshall Greene Middle School	2.2	548
Hemmeter Elementary School	3.7	323
Birch Run High School	1.6	573
Freeland Middle School/High School	0.9	885
Shields Elementary School	1.8	435
St. Charles Virtual School	9.8	82
Freeland Elementary School	0.8	753
Chesaning Middle School	1.1	557
Swan Valley Middle School	1.6	386
Freeland Learning Center	1.4	348
Robert B. Havens Elementary School	1.3	394
Merrill Elementary School	2.4	210
Career Opportunities Center	38.5	13
North Elementary School	0.6	667
E. F. Rittmueller Middle School	1.1	363
Lorenz C. List School	0.6	481
Big Rock Elementary School	0.7	417
Chesaning Union High School	0.7	405
St. Charles Community Middle-High School	0.9	326
Birch Run Progressive High School	10.3	29
Saginaw Correctional Facility	75	4
K. C. Ling Elementary School	0.3	351
Hemlock Middle School	0.3	335
Merrill Middle School	0.8	127
Swan Valley Adult and Alternative Education	3.3	30
St. Charles Elementary School	0	376
Hemlock High School	0	314
Merrill High School	0	185
Hemlock Elementary School	0	106
Hemlock Alternative Education	0	56
Chesaning Union Schools Alternative Education	0	30