Enrollment Analysis: Asian students comprised 1% of Saginaw 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

Mar 25, 2024

There were 265 Asian students enrolled in Saginaw County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 8% less 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, Asian students comprised 1% of the student body to be the third lowest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 73 schools in Saginaw County, Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 58 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 Saginaw County in 2022-23 School Year

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

School name	% of Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy	14.5	399
Handley School	16.2	303
Heritage High School	3.2	1,396
White Pine Middle School	2.1	940
Hemmeter Elementary School	5.3	323
Sherwood Elementary School	2.8	565
Arrowwood Elementary School	2.3	437
Lorenz C. List School	1.5	481
Weiss Elementary School	1.6	371
Freeland Elementary School	0.5	753
Swan Valley Middle School	1	386
Freeland Middle School/High School	0.3	885
Frankenmuth High School	0.6	524
E. F. Rittmueller Middle School	0.8	363
Westdale Elementary School	0.6	327
Swan Valley High School	0.4	536
St. Charles Elementary School	0.5	376
Carrollton Elementary School	0.1	688
Chester F. Miller School	0.3	325
Shields Elementary School	0.2	435
Birch Run High School	0.2	573
Carrollton High School	0.2	484
Francis Reh PSA	0.2	499
Arthur Hill High School	0.1	726
Chesaning Union High School	0.2	405
Chesaning Middle School	0.2	557
Merrill High School	0.5	185
St. Charles Virtual School	1.2	82
Kempton Elementary School	0.3	331
M. G. Millet Learning Center	0.5	191
North Elementary School	0.1	667
Birch Run Progressive High School	3.4	29
North Saginaw Charter Academy	0	561
Merrill Park Elementary School	0	321
Bridgeport High School	0	501
Carrollton Middle School	0	372
Herig School	0	332
Robert B. Havens Elementary School	0	394
Martin G. Atkins Elementary School	0	346
Bridgeport-Spaulding Middle School-Schrah	0	365
Freeland Learning Center	0	348
Saginaw Covenant Academy	0	128
Saginaw Preparatory Academy	0	308
Zilwaukee K-8 School	0	259
Thompson Middle School	0	397
Hemlock High School	0	314
The Woodley Leadership Academy	0	134
K. C. Ling Elementary School	0	351
Hemlock Middle School	0	335
Omni High School	0	126
Jessie Loomis School	0	348
Thomas White School	0	222
Big Rock Elementary School	0	417
St. Charles Community Middle-High School	0	326
Stone School	0	352
Mackinaw High School	0	133
Saginaw High School	0	405
International Academy of Saginaw	0	80
Jessie Rouse School	0	220
Swan Valley Adult and Alternative Education	0	30
Marshall Greene Middle School	0	548
The Success Academy	0	148
Merrill Middle School	0	127
Saginaw County Juvenile Center	0	25
Saginaw ISD Transitions Center	0	135
Arthur Eddy Academy	0	299
Hemlock Alternative Education	0	56
Hemlock Elementary School	0	106
Merrill Elementary School	0	210
Chesaning Union Schools Alternative Education	0	30
Michael J. McGivney	0	23
Career Opportunities Center	0	13
Saginaw Correctional Facility	0	4