Tri-City Sun

There were 12,733 students enrolled in Bay County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.6% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.1% of the county student body, while the other 48.9% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 80.1% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Bay County schools, followed by 9.9% of Hispanic students, 6.4% of multiracial students, 2.8% of African American students, 0.4% of Asian students, 0.3% of American Indian students and less than 0.1% of Hawaiian students.

Bay City Western High School had the highest enrollment among Bay County's 36 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,033 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	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Bay City Western High School	1,102	1,033	-6.3
Bay City Central High School	1,033	989	-4.3
John Glenn High School	849	893	5.2
Western Middle School	726	714	-1.7
Christa McAuliffe Middle School	657	650	-1.1
Handy Middle School	685	618	-9.8
Garber High School	514	511	-0.6
Auburn Elementary School	474	478	0.8
Cramer Junior High School	456	456	0
Kolb Elementary School	477	454	-4.8
Hampton Elementary School	405	415	2.5
Washington Elementary School	395	390	-1.3
Pinconning High School	394	385	-2.3
Pinconning Central Elementary School	361	382	5.8
Bay City Academy Farragut Campus	341	363	6.5
McAlear-Sawden Elementary School	352	359	2
Bangor West Central School	356	352	-1.1
Bangor Lincoln School	317	337	6.3
Bangor Central School	327	336	2.8
Verellen Elementary School	303	293	-3.3
MacGregor Elementary School	313	291	-7
Pinconning Middle School	273	280	2.6
State Street Academy	258	259	0.4
MacKensen Elementary School	245	248	1.2
W. R. Bush Elementary School	227	242	6.6
Bay-Arenac Community High School	174	188	8
Great Lakes Bay Early College	182	185	1.6
Bangor Township Virtual School	140	156	11.4
Bay City Eastern High School	116	131	12.9
Linwood Elementary School	130	109	-16.2
Intermediate School District Local Programs	89	97	9
LLC - Bay Campus	76	68	-10.5
Bay City Adult Education CTP	63	60	-4.8
Detention Center	4	11	175