Tri-City Sun

There were 54 American Indian students enrolled in Saginaw County schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as 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, American Indian students comprised 0.2% of the student body to be the lowest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 73 schools in Saginaw County, Freeland Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of six 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 American Indian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Freeland Elementary School	0.8	753
Birch Run High School	0.9	573
The Woodley Leadership Academy	3.7	134
Heritage High School	0.2	1,396
Chesaning Middle School	0.5	557
Thompson Middle School	0.5	397
Chester F. Miller School	0.6	325
Chesaning Union High School	0.5	405
Birch Run Progressive High School	6.9	29
Martin G. Atkins Elementary School	0.6	346
Saginaw High School	0.2	405
Kempton Elementary School	0.3	331
Arthur Hill High School	0.1	726
Jessie Loomis School	0.3	348
M. G. Millet Learning Center	0.5	191
Carrollton Middle School	0.3	372
Herig School	0.3	332
Stone School	0.3	352
Saginaw ISD Transitions Center	0.7	135
Jessie Rouse School	0.5	220
Handley School	0.3	303
Lorenz C. List School	0.2	481
Freeland Middle School/High School	0.1	885
Frankenmuth High School	0.2	524
Swan Valley High School	0.2	536
Merrill High School	0.5	185
North Elementary School	0.1	667
Bridgeport High School	0.2	501
Bridgeport-Spaulding Middle School-Schrah	0.3	365
Zilwaukee K-8 School	0.4	259
St. Charles Community Middle-High School	0.3	326
Merrill Elementary School	0.5	210
White Pine Middle School	0	940
Sherwood Elementary School	0	565
Arthur Eddy Academy	0	299
Weiss Elementary School	0	371
Merrill Park Elementary School	0	321
The Success Academy	0	148
Arrowwood Elementary School	0	437
Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy	0	399
Westdale Elementary School	0	327
Carrollton Elementary School	0	688
Carrollton High School	0	484
Freeland Learning Center	0	348
Hemmeter Elementary School	0	323
Swan Valley Middle School	0	386
E. F. Rittmueller Middle School	0	363
St. Charles Elementary School	0	376
Shields Elementary School	0	435
Francis Reh PSA	0	499
St. Charles Virtual School	0	82
North Saginaw Charter Academy	0	561
Robert B. Havens Elementary School	0	394
Saginaw Covenant Academy	0	128
Saginaw Preparatory Academy	0	308
Hemlock High School	0	314
K. C. Ling Elementary School	0	351
Hemlock Middle School	0	335
Omni High School	0	126
Thomas White School	0	222
Big Rock Elementary School	0	417
Mackinaw High School	0	133
International Academy of Saginaw	0	80
Swan Valley Adult and Alternative Education	0	30
Marshall Greene Middle School	0	548
Merrill Middle School	0	127
Saginaw County Juvenile Center	0	25
Hemlock Alternative Education	0	56
Hemlock Elementary School	0	106
Chesaning Union Schools Alternative Education	0	30
Michael J. McGivney	0	23
Career Opportunities Center	0	13
Saginaw Correctional Facility	0	4