Tri-City Sun

There were 25,427 students enrolled in Saginaw County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.7% of the county student body, while the other 48.3% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 53.9% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Saginaw County schools, followed by 27.3% of African American students, 12.8% of Hispanic students, 4.3% of multiracial students, 1.1% of Asian students, 0.3% of Hawaiian students and 0.2% of American Indian students.

Heritage High School had the highest enrollment among Saginaw County's 79 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,324 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
Heritage High School	1,396	1,324	-5.2
White Pine Middle School	940	963	2.4
Freeland Middle School/High School	885	871	-1.6
Freeland Elementary School	753	751	-0.3
Carrollton Elementary School	688	704	2.3
North Elementary School	667	681	2.1
Arthur Hill High School	726	671	-7.6
North Saginaw Charter Academy	561	596	6.2
Chesaning Middle School	557	569	2.2
Sherwood Elementary School	565	547	-3.2
Marshall Greene Middle School	548	535	-2.4
Birch Run High School	573	531	-7.3
Frankenmuth High School	524	520	-0.8
Swan Valley High School	536	519	-3.2
Bridgeport High School	501	506	1
Francis Reh PSA	499	503	0.8
Lorenz C. List School	481	480	-0.2
Carrollton High School	484	449	-7.2
Shields Elementary School	435	437	0.5
Arrowwood Elementary School	437	433	-0.9
Saginaw High School	405	427	5.4
Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy	399	401	0.5
Chesaning Union High School	405	394	-2.7
Big Rock Elementary School	417	394	-5.5
Robert B. Havens Elementary School	394	391	-0.8
Martin G. Atkins Elementary School	346	388	12.1
Swan Valley Middle School	386	386	0
Thompson Middle School	397	373	-6
Bridgeport-Spaulding Middle School-Schrah	365	368	0.8
E. F. Rittmueller Middle School	363	366	0.8
St. Charles Elementary School	376	359	-4.5
Hemlock Middle School	335	357	6.6
Kempton Elementary School	331	354	6.9
Weiss Elementary School	371	354	-4.6
Stone School	352	350	-0.6
K. C. Ling Elementary School	351	349	-0.6
Freeland Learning Center	348	347	-0.3
Carrollton Middle School	372	341	-8.3
Jessie Loomis School	348	334	-4
Hemlock High School	314	332	5.7
Saginaw Preparatory Academy	308	328	6.5
Arthur Eddy Academy	299	325	8.7
Westdale Elementary School	327	321	-1.8
Handley School	303	320	5.6
Hemmeter Elementary School	323	318	-1.5
Merrill Park Elementary School	321	317	-1.2
Herig School	332	316	-4.8
St. Charles Community Middle-High School	326	312	-4.3
Chester F. Miller School	325	294	-9.5
Zilwaukee K-8 School	259	273	5.4
Jessie Rouse School	220	224	1.8
Thomas White School	222	191	-14
M. G. Millet Learning Center	191	190	-0.5
Merrill Elementary School	210	190	-9.5
Merrill High School	185	177	-4.3
Saginaw Covenant Academy	128	170	32.8
The Success Academy	148	169	14.2
Omni High School	126	154	22.2
Mackinaw High School	133	141	6
Saginaw ISD Transitions Center	135	134	-0.7
Merrill Middle School	127	122	-3.9
Hemlock Elementary School	106	118	11.3
International Academy of Saginaw	80	81	1.2
St. Charles Virtual School	82	74	-9.8
Hemlock Alternative Education	56	58	3.6
Chesaning Union Schools Alternative Education	30	30	0
Career Opportunities Center	13	30	130.8
Birch Run Progressive High School	29	29	0
Swan Valley Adult and Alternative Education	30	29	-3.3
Michael J. McGivney	23	18	-21.7
Saginaw County Juvenile Center	25	17	-32
Saginaw Correctional Facility	4	2	-50
The Woodley Leadership Academy	134	--	--